Legend has it that Maria, a distraught mother living in 16th-century Mexico, was punished to an eternity in purgatory for her heinous crimes. Against the backdrop of the blood-chilling tale, the grieving Candlewood family takes a trip to the same haunted parts of Mexico, unbeknownst to them that, sometimes, there is a disturbing truth behind those stories. Now, restless evil lurks in the deep canals near the Candlewoods' small hotel, and it has already set its sights on takin... (Full plot summary below)
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Legend has it that Maria, a distraught mother living in 16th-century Mexico, was punished to an eternity in purgatory for her heinous crimes. Against the backdrop of the blood-chilling tale, the grieving Candlewood family takes a trip to the same haunted parts of Mexico, unbeknownst to them that, sometimes, there is a disturbing truth behind those stories. Now, restless evil lurks in the deep canals near the Candlewoods' small hotel, and it has already set its sights on taking their unsuspecting, innocent son, Danny. And, as the malevolent supernatural force grows stronger by the minute, the couple must fight tooth and nail to save their only child. However, has anyone ever crossed paths with the cursed Weeping Woman and lived to tell the tale?
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| TheWrapCarlos AguilarInvoking genre narrative devices, the entrancingly evocative La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) walks between fact and myth to engender a shrewdly frightening piece of political horror. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarolina A. MirandaWith this film, Bustamante creates a Llorona full of self-assertion and intent, an indigenous woman assuredly facing the source of her pain. This is a Llorona who is no longer trapped in the past. She has landed fully in the present. And she is ready to extract what is due. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloThis version of La Llorona finds new emotional ground. It’s not just a creepy story, but a painful reflection of injustice. |
| The Film StageDan MeccaIn the world La Llorona creates, your sins will not only haunt until you make amends–it will haunt those who’ve protected you from those repercussions. Underscored with a foreboding sense of disquiet akin to last year’s Atlantics, the viewing experience is as satisfying as it is provocative. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerBeyond the title, the elegant, calm, and unnerving La Llorona has nothing in common with the bland big budget namesake. If it has real cinematic kin, it's the much harsher and more grotesque "A Serbian Film," or the darkly comedic "Cold Sweat" - even (and especially in the trial sequences) Costa-Gavras' "Music Box." |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisThere are some very good scenes in the movie’s second half; even so, it’s striking that the most unsettling aspect of “La Llorona” is that history doesn’t simply shape the movie. It also haunts and finally overwhelms it with terrors far more unspeakable than any impressively manufactured shock. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearLa Llorona is the kind of tale of mystery and imagination that prefers to get under your skin rather than shock your central nervous system, which only makes its near-suffocating feeling of foreboding more potent. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeIts tightening tension seeks to push frayed characters to eventually tell on themselves. |
| Screen DailyLee MarshallThis taut, accomplished film recounts a dark episode in Guatemala’s history as a suspense-laden ghost story based on a myth deeply rooted in indigenous Latin American culture. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichLa Llorona is a quiet movie that shudders with spiritual trauma. |
