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Mama

2013 · 100 min · Director: Andy Muschietti ★ IMDb 6.2 · 202,793 ratings

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Jeffrey Desange, senior partner of an investment brokerage, has a breakdown after a financial collapse and kills several co-workers and his estranged wife and kidnaps his two young daughters, Victoria and Lily. When they're found five years later, they're taken in by their uncle (their father's twin brother) and his girlfriend. Macabre events soon make the new guardians suspect that a supernatural evil force named Mama has attached itself to the girls.

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Mama (2013) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Fear
  1. Fear35%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Thriller, Fantasy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Fear
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension77 %75 %67 %42 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension68 %61 %52 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity54 %43 %32 %30 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy56 %40 %29 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Empathy61 %38 %23 %41 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity63 %43 %29 %35 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension68 %60 %51 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension69 %66 %57 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension68 %63 %53 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity68 %60 %46 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Tension68 %64 %45 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension73 %71 %57 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Fear74 %70 %64 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension65 %59 %49 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity64 %53 %36 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Sadness74 %61 %48 %48 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension86 %80 %74 %35 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Fear94 %85 %80 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness95 %77 %67 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

IN
Isabelle Nélisse

Lilly Desange

Daniel Kash

Dr. Dreyfuss

MM
Melina Matthews

Mama (voice)

MM
Morgan McGarry

Young Victoria

Javier Botet

Mama (body)

JM
Jane Moffat

Jean Podolski / Mama (Voice)

DF
David Fox

Burnsie

DC
Dominic Cuzzocrea

Ron

JC
Julia Chantrey

Nina

RK
Ray Kahnert

Judge

ME
Matthew Edison

Young Cop

DG
Diane Gordon

Louise

SC
Sydney Cross

Orphaned Girl

Details

Directed by
Andy Muschietti
Written by
Andy Muschietti, Neil Cross, Barbara Muschietti
Type
Movies
Released
2013
Runtime
100 min
Country
Canada, Spain
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 202,793 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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