Feral girl stories are the worst. They're lazy, insipid, and offensive. Nell? More like Hell (No, I Wont Watch This Film). It is by sidestepping the tropes in the feral girl "genre" that allows Mama its ability to scare.
At the outset, a man murders his wife and business partners, and runs with his daughters in hand. They, of course, crash into the woods. The father is quickly murdered by unseen forces in a spooky cabin and the girls are left alone to go feral in the wilderness. They are found five years later and taken in by their uncle, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and his romantic partner, Jessica Chastain. Sooner or later the couple finds out they brought back more than just two girls from the woods.
Just from the names of the leads you should know on what level the performances are. The rare horror movie with an A-list cast, it excels in basically every area. The scares are effective, the humor is effective, the cgi even works, and I imagine it'll stand up for a while at least. Mama is genuine scary as well as being an actual good film. A rare mix but a powerful one.
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