Umma

PG-13

3/18/20221h 23m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A mother's love never dies ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Iris K. Shim

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$3,000,000.00

Revenue:

$2,100,000.00

Key words:

farm
east asian lead
death of mother
motherhood
woman director
korean american
mother daughter relationship
korean

Cast

Sandra Oh

~ as ~

Amanda

Fivel Stewart

~ as ~

Chris

Dermot Mulroney

~ as ~

Danny

Odeya Rush

~ as ~

River

MeeWha Alana Lee

~ as ~

Umma

Tom Yi

~ as ~

Mr. Kang

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Reviews (1)

RG
Robbie Grawey
Written 2 year(s) ago
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This shares many problems that I hear people calling out IT COMES AT NIGHT for having. It doesn't flesh out its themes substantially, lacks scene-to-scene momentum and overall narrative drive, unprompted horror sequences with no apparent purpose, etc. I think this just needed a more concrete plot and more scenes with the central duo actually interacting (COVID-19 restrictions maybe caused a lack of this?). It is disappointing and a bit of a slog, but not without some good vision behind it. Some of the horror sequences utilize imagery and blocking in a pretty great way, and the scenes centered on Fivel Stewart's character have a much clearer sense of tone and purpose.