'Regardless of Sandra Oh’s spectacular lead performance, Umma is a lackluster horror film that gets caught between jump-scare tactics and a moving chronicle of generational trauma.' | Maxwell Rabb
Shim’s inaugural film oversimplifies and finds itself reduced to overplayed, straightforward scare techniques.meaning “mom” in Korean—follows a first-generation Korean immigrant who left South Korea to escape her demanding and tortuous mother. Amanda lives outside a rural town on American farmland with her homeschooled daughter, Chris . Amanda and her daughter work together as beekeepers peacefully until Amanda’s uncle arrives to deliver her estranged mother’s ashes.
By ignoring her past, Amanda is confronted with the inability to escape her mother both internally and supernaturally. Beyond the suffocating paranormal terror,curse is an imperfect blend of talent that may shine occasionally but mostly trips over itself. Producer Sam Raimi’s horror credentials will attract people to the theaters, but where his horror extravagance is obvious,required subtlety instead.
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