Bloody Mama
American International Pictures (AIP) | Release Date: March 24, 1970 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Despite such sleazy subject matter, the cast is outstanding, dominated by a fierce Shelley Winters, and Corman pulls no punches, delivering a searing Jacobean tragedy of a gangster movie. Read full review
80
EmpireKim Newman
A lurid gothic gangster psychodrama from Roger Corman, this is Shelley Winters’ finest hour-and-a-half, cast as Arizona Clark ‘Ma’ Barker, a role it would be impossible to overplay. Read full review
80
The New York TimesHoward Thompson
What hoists the picture into real substance toward the home stretch is an eerie and fascinating by credible sequence with the Barker clan holding as captive a blindfolded millionaire, strongly played by Pat Hingle. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Roger Corman's 1970 retelling of the story of Ma Barker and her three loony sons in Depression-era America is completely out of control, but the smash-and-grab stylistics are exhilarating. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The best performance in the film, and one of the most outstanding screen portrayals in many moons, is that of Pat Hingle, playing a wealthy businessman kidnapped for high ransom. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
It's fun for awhile, but soon the sheer lunacy of it all wears thin as Corman keeps trying to top himself. Read full review
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