Not scary and weird story in my opinion.

'La Llorona' is too slow paced for my liking, it most certainly isn't a bad film though. I just couldn't lock on to what I was watching, every now and then it would hook me in but then I mostly detached again not long later. That's a shame, because there is goodness in this. It's more political drama than horror, not that the latter element is absent but I was anticipating more supernatural to this. That's mostly on me admittedly, probably not helped by the fact that I saw 'The Curse of La Llorona' (also 2019, curiously) last month; that is a more typical horror flick, which I (unlike most) liked fwiw. No-one truly stands out from the cast, though Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic, María Mercedes Coroy and Julio Díaz do warrant fair praise. If we're talking merit, those behind the actors offscreen would deserve just as much as those front and centre; it is a well shot flick. for example. Not bad, just not good. In my eyes, of course.

While most flicks would depict the La Llorona tale as a jolty, nonsensical conduit for “scares”, the approach here seems more reverent and proper, weaving through political contexts in punishing one for his sins in a psychological matter. However, it was unfortunately misleading when setting up fearful expectations only to find this comparably bland albeit very few minor kicks. (B-)

Its a little obvious but at least that leads to a certain admirable bluntness to the narrative.

A former dictator is accused of the brutal genocide of a native community during the Guatemalan Civil War. During trial, the retired general lives with his family in seclusion, while the protestants manifest outside their mansion. "La Llorona" is a psychological drama focused on a family tormented by the sins of the past. A social analysis of a country's bloody past.

It's like these typical pretencious new exorcism movies that try to find a new way to jumpscare the fuck out of you every X minutes, and make people terrified for the haunting atmosphere they're in. In here, it gets repetitive, you know that the ghost comes everytime there's no music, it's perfectly predictable, but still, it succeeded to entertain me, at least. 6/10.

The acting was terrible and overall movie was a bore

Possibly my first Guatemalan horror film, this version of La llorona touches on issues in Guatemala while also trying to maintain the viewer's attention and it doesn't always succeed. This is more supernatural than horror, and as the backstory builds, it is a slog. The pacing is slow and at only 99 minutes it felt like significantly longer. Perhaps this is more for the people in the county of origin, but you also need a little of the backstory of La llorona. Learning those details after watching the feature left me empty. Final Score: 5/10

es una pelicula con un trasfondo de una historia de Guatemala, antes de ver la pelicula puedes investigar la historia de la masacre de Rios Montt para tener mas contexto sobre la historia en la que se basa

WARNING: DON'T READ THE SYNOPSIS OF THIS FILM, I CAN GUARANTEE YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE RUINED! ALSO, THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS! "La Llorona" is a political horror film without being political and almost without being a horror film. I don't consider this film a political movie because it doesn't pick a side, the political scenario, despite being essential to the plot, is just a background, and I think this is a hit. And I said "almost without being a horror film" because it's not too scary or disturbing, and not every horror film must be, look at "Lamb", for example, it's a fantastic non-disturbing horror movie. Instead of "horror", I would say that this Guatemalan production is a supernatural thriller, as the atmosphere of tension is well built and the primary focus is the story. And the characters are good. Alma (María Mercedes Coroy) is a mysterious protagonist, Enrique (Julio Díaz, whose character is based on Efraín Ríos Montt, considered the most sanguinary dictator of Guatemala) is more instrumental than a character properly but he does his job, Valeriana (María Telón) is the "bridge" between the Guatemalans and the Ixil people as she is the only main character who speaks their language (alongside Alma, obviously), but the two big character developments are from Natalia (Sabrina de la Hoz) and Carmen (Margarita Kenéfic). Natalia clearly has been involved with one of her father's enemies in the past, but she's not personally a communist (she's not in the closet), and she loves her family, even being distant from her father despite also being his doctor. Carmen, Enrique's wife and Natalia's mother, is someone with an outdated mind but, with Alma's presence, gradually knows who her husband was. The ending is perfect because is when we know who Alma actually is and what are her intentions.

First off, this film is not even really about "La Llorona" at all. So not only does it disappoint you with that, it also has scenes that drag on with long, silent stretches of people being anxious and passive aggressive. It feels like they could have used a lot of that time to develop the story and actually make you care about those scenes. The plot doesn't really have any interesting turns. It is a long and slow build up, and the pay off feels like it was ten minutes of the plot climax that was obvious from the start. The only thing I enjoyed about this film was the themes. Perhaps I would have been able to appreciate the film more if it didn't try to involve the famous legend and just did it's own thing.

Not the best of the conjuring verse but still good and Linda cardellini stares in it so… yeah.

Perfection. At the end we listened to the song as the credits rolled stunned and incredibly moved.

🇬🇹 En esta película guatemalteca de 2019 inspirada en la leyenda de la Llorona y en la historia de Guatemala, específicamente el genocidio que ocurrió en ese país entre 1981 y 1983, Alma es asesinada con sus hijos durante un ataque militar, y 30 años después, cuando el general que ordenó el genocidio es declarado inocente, Alma regresa al mundo de los vivos para atormentar al hombre. Nominada en los Globos de Oro de 2021, es una película absorbente, inquietante y memorable con momentos de suspenso, pero es mucho más que una película de terror, con su tono político y su crítica social. La necesidad de que líderes corruptos y sanguinarios rindan cuentas y se haga justicia nunca se había reflejado de una forma tan satisfactoria como en esta película. Si no se puede en la vida real, que sea entonces en la ficción. Muy bien, Guatemala. ¡¡Que hagan un remake colombiano!!!

It's more a political story than anything else. There is hardly anything supernatural about it. Very underwhelming.

Many forced silly situations. Unscary, poor acted. It was subpar in all aspects. The story was not catchy and it allresumes at a woman screaming. I don't know what tomatoes saw unless it's some attachment to the legend. a 5/10 would have a big bias component

Producers have had there ups and downs with the conjuring universe. La Llorona shows a fascinating approach on a popular folklore tale. Aside from the overly cliche horror moments, this movie was everything viewers can come to expect.

Great movie about how the real horror is the genocide of indigenous people. A must watch!

8.25/10. Horror is used as an effective platform for explorations of human brutality, genocide, grief and revenge. Probably should have leaned harder in the supernatural spooks, but packs an essential message and is well crafted (particularly the sound design and cinematography).

Not the most chilling movie I've ever seen, but it's effective, if very slow. The thing that scared me the most was when they were listening to a 온라인카지노추천 newscast about how the Guatemalan government called the Guatemalan genocide a fight against communism. Welcome to the good ole US of A, where the same zealous rhetoric that has caused or excused genocide is being used to call anyone on the left a communist and an enemy of the people. Now THAT is scary. The topicality of that alone is enough to make this an effective film.