Guillermo del Toro... is just an executive producer in this film. Nothing more than that.

Rating: 5/10 (17 February 2013)

There's a new gimmick in Hollywood these days. Recruit a famous writer/director of the past and gave them any crappy post in the movie and then publicized the movie using their name. Same goes with Mama. Guillermo del Toro's name has been used to promote the film heavily. But the matter of fact is that he's just an executive producer in the film. Nor he's the writer nor the director of this mindless CGI based crap. As far as the movie goes, its a disappointment overall. I had expected something lot creepier and mindful cinema but what i got was a total CGI based flick based on the premises of The Exorcist and god knows how many movies. See, frankly speaking those days are gone when a CGI created ghost in long gowns and disoriented faces used to scare the s**t out of audiences. Now as an audience people want more mindful and intellectual cinema, be it any genre. Mama's premises was very solid but it was ruined by some really loose script. And lastly, who in the blue is Jessica Chastain???? Is she some Meryll Streep or Julia Roberts? No disregard to her acting but the way the film is promoted as a Jessica Chastain movie is ridiculous. Grow up Hollywood. Audiences had already.