Umma examines generational trauma, identity, and what it means to confront your past, with a standout leading performance from Sandra Oh. Our review:
In her feature debut, Director Iris K. Shim casts Sandra Oh as the lead of her eerie ghost story titled Umma . Oh plays Amanda, a Korean immigrant who is raising her teenage daughter Chris on a rural farm away from the world. They work as beekeepers, harvesting the honey to sell as their main form of revenue. Chris and Amanda are as close as a mother and daughter could be, and all seems peaceful on their little farm.
The more time Amanda spends near her mother's treasured belongings and ashes, the more we learn about her tragic past. Without spoiling too much, her relationship with her mother was a troubled one. It took a turn for the worst when her father left the family, leaving just Amanda and her umma. After a week of celebrating how an Asian mother-daughter relationship can develop for the better with Turning Red, Umma is a sharp pivot into the abusive and toxic side of the relationship.
She has a very real and relatable fear, as a child of abuse, she doesn't want to grow up like her mother. Her umma's ghost serves as a metaphor for her own fears, compounded by the supernatural element. And, as she wrestles with the ghost of her past, it's obvious she knows she's gone off the rails but can't seem to stop herself. Oh gives an exciting performance as Amanda, going from a sweet and doting mom to a vengeful and formidable spirit.
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