Mami Wata
Dekanalog | Release Date: September 29, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzSep 29, 2023
The movie has its own unique life force, and such confidence that if you're tuned into its wavelength, you'll forget to speculate on what will happen next. Read full review
100
The New York TimesBrandon YuSep 29, 2023
It’s a tightly controlled vision that, like many parables, induces a sense of the suddenly, viscerally new — in the look of a figure against the ocean, or the words of a mother telling her child to run — in what we’ve seen before and have always known. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 6, 2023
It’s easy to be reminded of silent film’s who-needs-words heyday while watching Mami Wata, even when the foreboding sound design is doing its part and the actors are delivering their sparely written lines as if their characters’ lives depended on it. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithSep 28, 2023
Cinema’s power to transport is vividly on display in Nigerian writer-director C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s eerie but beautiful visit to a rich and unfamiliar setting. Read full review
80
VarietyMurtada ElfadlDec 13, 2023
Even if narratively Mami Wata never fully reaches a satisfactory apex, its images remain utterly enthralling. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 16, 2023
The sleek, stark images of this film are hypnotic; the faces are compelling and the hallucinatory finale is rather inspired. An arresting piece of work. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiOct 5, 2023
Mami Wata is a marvel to behold (cinematographer Lílis Soares winning a Special Jury Prize at Sundance this year was a no-brainer) and Obasi throws in enough curveballs to this familiar story to keep you off-kilter. Read full review
74
Paste MagazineJacob OllerSep 29, 2023
A few key performances and a filmmaker with a clear vision unite for a film that truly feels fantastical, like someone somehow snuck a camera as they were falling into a holy reverie. Read full review
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