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Umma
Directed by
Iris K. Shim
PG-13
2022
83m
Horror
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Mystery
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4.7
32%
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Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.
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Cast of Umma
Sandra Oh
Amanda
Fivel Stewart
Chris
Dermot Mulroney
Danny
Odeya Rush
River
MeeWha Alana Lee
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Tom Yi
Mr. Kang
Umma Ratings & Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Peter Sobczynski
An occasionally interesting but ultimately unsuccessful debut feature from writerdirector Iris K. Shin.
Bloody Disgusting
Meagan Navarro
Shim's heavy focus on conventional horror clichés and a lack of tension means that the most exciting ideas get underdeveloped to a detriment.
AV Club
Martin Tsai
Many of Shim's choices end up offering a decidedly uncomplimentary depiction of the nexus of Asian and Asian-American culture.
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
Despite its flaws, Umma is an impressive debut for Shim, the kind of outing that hints at plenty more under the hood or tucked inside a massive suitcase, just bursting with secrets.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Bolstered by a strong lead performance from the dependably engrossing Sandra Oh, this familiar through line, though culturally specific, relies too heavily upon genre cliches to feel innovative.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
Although it doesn't fully work, I can't entirely dismiss Umma. I appreciated the good factors to the same degree that I was disappointed by the weak spots.
Common Sense Media
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Even if it gets a little pedestrian and makes one or two rookie mistakes, this chiller offers some good scary moments, touching performances, and memorable representation of Korean culture.
Los Angeles Times
Tracy Brown
"Umma" shows that horror remains an effective space to engage with heftier topics.
TheWrap
Fran Hoepfner
Ohs face will transform into her mothers when berating her daughter; this is too obvious a metaphor, and the CGI is too haphazard. One of the best actors with one of the most expressive faces stars in this film let her go off the rails, already.
Polygon
Jesse Hassenger
Throughout its slim but slow 83 minutes, Umma piles up missed-opportunity scenes that cry out for a ghoulish sense of humor or an audience-rattling jump.
Pajiba
Jason Adams
I find myself surprised to admit this movie might have worked better as a straight drama than it does a horror film?
CBR
Caitlin Chappell
Although Umma opens as a film that's easy to root for -- due to its complex story and unique imagery -- it relies too much on haunted house tropes.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Writer-director Shin's labored attempts to use genre tropes to explore the complexities of domineering mother-daughter relationships never fully develops.
Austin Chronicle
Jenny Nulf
There are so many interesting components of Umma that never click, wasting a completely original idea on banality.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Harmless, shallow and dull. A squandered opportunity to create "elevated horror."
Age of the Geek
Jana Monji
The film features good performances by Sandra Oh and Fivel Stewart as strong, intelligent mother and daughter, who are faced the ghost of the grandmother. It's a promising start for a first-time feature length director and writer Iris K. Shim.
IGN Movies
Laura Sirikul
Umma isnt scary; the trauma behind it is.
Chicago Reader
Maxwell Rabb
Umma's curse is an imperfect blend of talent that may shine occasionally but mostly trips over itself.
Variety
Andrew Barker
Shim handles the film's grab bag of individual jump scares and creepy sight gags well, but without conveying much tangible sense of overall peril or threat, these scenes start to feel almost academic.
But Why Tho? A Geek Community
Kate Sánchez
Umma isnt perfect and it really doesnt have to be. In its mistakes, Im reminded of what makes theater horror a blast.
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