Mama (2013)
A mother's love is forever.
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Mama rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.2/10· 198K votes
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic57%
TMDb6.295/10· 4K votesWith 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.2/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Mama
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Cast of Mama
Jessica Chastain
as Annabel
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
as Lucas Desange
Megan Charpentier
as Victoria Desange
Isabelle Nélisse
as Lilly Desange
Daniel Kash
as Dr. Dreyfuss
Melina Matthews
as Mama (voice)
Morgan McGarry
as Young Victoria
Javier Botet
as Mama (body)
Jane Moffat
as Jean Podolski / Mama (Voice)
David Fox
as Burnsie
Dominic Cuzzocrea
as Ron
Julia Chantrey
as Nina
Mama facts
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $146.4M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Andy Muschietti creates atmospheric haunted house horror effectively
- •Strong critical scores indicate solid appreciation for execution
- •Feral child ghost storyline provides memorable psychological scares
What the audience disliked
- •Lower IMDB suggests some find plot resolution underwhelming
- •Metascore fifty seven indicates moderately successful critical reception
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Where to watch Mama(US)
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