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Bloody Mama (1970)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:2
Rotten:4
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Director Roger Corman pulls no punches in this sordid (and true) saga of Kate "Ma" Barker and her sons, brutal criminals who terrorized America in the 1920s and '30s. Shelley Winters plays Ma with... Director Roger Corman pulls no punches in this sordid (and true) saga of Kate "Ma" Barker and her sons, brutal criminals who terrorized America in the 1920s and '30s. Shelley Winters plays Ma with scenery-chewing vigor; the scene in which she holds up a bank with a tommy gun is a peak moment in exploitation cinema. Robert De Niro plays Ma's dope-addicted son Lloyd (in his first major onscreen role). Ma also has a homosexual son named Fred (Robert Walden) whose sadistic lover (Bruce Dern) joins the gang and sleeps with her as well. Don Stroud and Clint Kimborough are the other boys. At Ma's command they rob and murder, but when they kidnap a local politician (Pat Hingle), he turns into the father figure they never had, enabling them to finally stand up to her. Robert Thorn's script doesn't miss a single chance to delve into perversity as it explores this most dysfunctional of families, and it's great to see method actors such as De Niro, Dern, and Winters strutting their stuff with such lurid material. Scatman Crothers plays the handyman who finally reports the Barkers to the feds, leading to the requisite blood-drenched shoot-out. [More]
Starring: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Pat Hingle, Robert De Niro
Starring: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Pat Hingle, Robert De Niro
Director: Roger Corman
Director: Roger Corman
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Reviews for Bloody Mama
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 45% 45% | Ice Age: Dawn of the D… |
| 19% 19% | Transformers: Revenge … |
| 55% 55% | Orphan |
| 43% 43% | The Proposal |
| 26% 26% | Land of the Lost |
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 98% 98% | Up |
| 88% 88% | Ballast |
| 67% 67% | The Merry Gentleman |
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