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The Curse of La Llorona

2019

Michael Chaves

Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Raymond Cruz, Sean Patrick Thomas ...

4.1

6,167

Horror. Thriller Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.

	Media	Author	Review
		Joe Leydon Variety	"[It] will neither surprise nor disappoint genre fans (...) [An] efficiently formulaic shocker."
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A ho-hum horror flick that seems highly unlikely to join producer James Wan's earlier projects into thriller-franchise Valhalla
		Haleigh Foutch Collider	"It lacks the punch and pure terror that a stronger script and more visceral approach could achieve (...) [but] it’s got just enough personality and style to rise above its weakest spots and deliver a fun night at the movies."
		Jim Vejvoda IGN	"It's certainly not the weakest movie in this series but it also doesn't necessarily bring as much new to the table as might have been expected given the compelling folklore the film borrows from."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"[It] plays too timid for terror and is too lazily constructed to haunt anyone’s dreams (...) Audiences who get bilked for the price of a ticket will be the ones who are really cursed (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"
		Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"The film’s most grievous sin is that it isn't very scary. There are a few enjoyable moments (...) but the plot feels fairly mild (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Jenny Nulf Austin Chronicle	"It's pathetic, and both horror fans and the Latinx community deserve more respect than this lazy attempt at a cash grab."
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"The production values are great and the scares are aplenty; 'La Llorona' is effectively creepy. But, both she and the heritage from which she came should’ve been the focal point (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ryan Oliver The Playlist	"It’s technically impressive and faulty in equal measure, expunging most of the substance in favor of occasionally effective, but mostly cheap, scares."
		J Hurtado Screen Anarchy	"In everything it does, 'The Curse of La Llorona' is predictable as hell (...) It is lazy filmmaking, it is disrespectful of the culture"

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