FILM 2303: MA (2019)
FILM 2303: MA (2019)
TRIVIA: The role of Sue Ann was originally written for a white actress. Tate Taylor modified the script to better suit an African-American woman after he showed the script to Octavia Spencer and she expressed interest in playing the role. The pair had previously collaborated on The Help (2011).
The sequence involving Sue Ann noticing the porcelain cat statues had been moved, is a homage to a similar sequence in Misery (1990).
In one scene, Erica mentions that she is having a John Hughes movie marathon. Juliette Lewis had a part in the Hughes-written Christmas Vacation where she played Audrey.
Incredibly, the cast of this horror film features two (2) Oscar-winning actresses--Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney--plus one Oscar nominee, Juliette Lewis. What's more, its director (& cast member) Tate Taylor previously directed, executive produced and wrote the screenplay for Best Picture nominee The Help (2011), which resulted in Oscar nominations for three (3) actresses, including Spencer who won her statue as Best Supporting Actress.
ONE SENTENCE REVIEW: Not as over the top and out there as I was expecting, I thought everyone could have had a lot more fun with the whole thing – I would have loved to see Octavia Spencer go full Nick Cage but unfortunately she only goes some of the way; entirely watchable though.
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