Uther Mummy

Who loves ya? The other one does! 

Bela is a young kid and she has a secret... she has three parents! Daddo, Mommy, and Other Mommy! Other Mommy loves her very much and wants to inside Bela forever and ever and ever and...

One of the more amazing things about this is that other people can see and interact with OM. No "oh, it's a strange creature that only Bela can see", nope this OM will fuck you up.

But this movie is rather frenetic. There are quiet moments... then sudden intense moments... and then snap back into quiet moments... and sudden snap into intense, and so on. There are also some really superfluous scenes that could be lifted out without changing anything. Even having Karen Allen in your movie doesn't mean she makes a scene worth having.

Jessica Chastain is pulling a lot of work as Mommy and Other Mommy, and I assume going through lots of set ups for the special effects. Which are fine, and definitely creepy in moments, but that swing in intensity undermines a lot of what OM is supposed to be.

And that's the big problem I am having with this movie. This movie definitely has a message... but it isn't very good at presenting it. It wants to say something, but also wants to present various scary moments, and needs to pick a lane. 

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