Sandra Oh
Autor/a de Umma
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Sandra Oh
Obres de Sandra Oh
Umma [DVD] 2 exemplars
Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March 1 exemplars
Killing Eve: Season Three 1 exemplars
Killing Eve: Season 4 1 exemplars
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1971-07-20
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Educació
- National Theatre School of Canada
- Professions
- actor
- Relacions
- Payne, Alexander (husband)
- Premis i honors
- Golden Globe Award
Emmy Award
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- També de
- 34
- Membres
- 8
- Popularitat
- #1,038,911
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
This was a decent if not exactly scary movie. It definitely tried to be scary. One of Amanda's mother's possessions was a creepy mask, there were plenty of moments in darkness and dim lighting (unfortunately to the point that it was hard to tell what was going on sometimes), and Amanda clearly had some trauma connected to her past that lightning and electricity reminded her about. But something about the way the movie was paced and the "scary" moments were filmed didn't quite work for me.
That said, I appreciated Amanda and Chris's relationship, and Amanda's struggles with her feelings about her mother and all the aspects of her Korean heritage that she abandoned when she left. Once upon a time, Amanda might have loved her mother as much as Chris loved her, but both of them reached a point where they needed to leave, although Chris's situation was much less dark than Amanda's.
Umma is part of a growing number of recent movies that deal with issues surrounding generational trauma. Although Amanda's mother was cruel to her and abused her, there was a definite effort to portray her in a nuanced way. She wasn't a cardboard monster, but rather a person who'd ended up in a situation she couldn't tolerate or figure out a way to escape. Unfortunately, instead of supporting her daughter and trying to build a better life for her, she instead expected her to go through just as much pain. The question was whether Amanda would fall into the same pattern where her own daughter was concerned.
This was worth watching, but it's not ending up on my keeper pile.
Extras:
Trailers for other movies.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)… (més)