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.
- Released: 2022-03-18
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
- Stars: Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart, Dermot Mulroney, Odeya Rush, MeeWha Alana Lee, Tom Yi, Mark Kirksey
- Director: Iris K. Shim
Comments
- LetsReviewThat26 - 16 January 2024
More drama than horror
Though listed as a horror, I felt umna was more of a dram with thriller elements mixed in. The combination of Sandra oh and fival Stewart as a daughter and mother pair was a good cat match. I felt they had good chemistry and both have great acting slills. When Amanda's mother's ashes arrive, she is shocked and almost bewildered by them. There's some in explored issues there and you can tell. She worries about becoming her mother and the elements of horror we see through this are represented well but ultimately it does become more lf a thriller drama. There's nothing really wrong with that and overall i thought umna was a fine watchable movie with some pretty goos acting. - questl-18592 - 10 April 2023
Um Ah
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. What an oddly beautiful tale of hereditary guilt, regret and transmitted behavior. This is where horror has the opportunity to evolve, to represent something more and I feel like it perfectly balanced the metaphor with the reality of the film. It's very tight, a whopping 5 significant characters in the movie, all pretty much shot in two locales. It feels like it's missing just that little something extra to boost it up into proper greatness, but I'm quite pleased with calling it very good.
Might not be a buy for most, but would definitely check it out.
