The Curse of the Crying Woman Movie Critic: A Frightening Movie Defeated by a Half-Cooked Scenario

A fascinating concept, a brilliant executive, but a hurried job, that's how to summarize Michael Chaves latest offer , The curse of the crying woman a spin-off of films Conjuring . It's a story about a spirit of revenge aimed at killing children.
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The story opens in Mexico City in 1673, giving us a glimpse of the Latin American legend of La Llorona or the ghost of the woman in tears – a despised woman wearing her wedding dress drowns her two sons in a river and is then overwhelmed by sorrow and guilt. , commit suicide.
Three hundred years later, in Los Angeles, while Anna (Linda Cardellini), a widowed mother and a child protection investigator, was investigating a case at Patricia Alarez's home (Patricia Velasquez), she stumbled against "dark spirit" victims in white dress and we learn that she spent three centuries killing children and replacing those that she had drowned in her anger.

Now, children of Anna, Chris (Roman Christou) and Sam (Jaynee-Lynne). Kinchen) are at risk of being killed. She goes to the local priest, Father Perez, who directs her to Rafael Olvera, a man whose "methods are unorthodox".

How Anna and her children manage to surpbad the ghost in tears is the essence of the story. Although the film seems spooky, its script is half-cooked and lazy.

The story is generic and the few jumps are scary, which is predictable and dull. It happens almost nothing because the story is painfully stripped and there is virtually no compromise.

Linda Cardellini does her best with the material she has, rightly capturing the fear and concern of a mother for the safety of her children. Patricia Velasquez as a mother who lost her children and now wants revenge is just as powerful.

However, Marisol Ramirez, who plays the spirit, has little more to do than to scream throughout the film.

The children of the film are all endearing and are able to give the story an essential part of the film. moments. Tony Amendola plays Father Perez in a small role on two stages, linking the film to the series Conjuring and explaining that it takes place in 1973.

The biggest disappointment of the film is Raymond Cruz. As a healer of the faith, he is superficial, bland and cheesy, delivering obtuse and discordant opposites amidst life-threatening scenarios. His stupid remarks break the momentum of seriousness and make the film more comical than horror.

Although it is spooky in places, The curse of the crying woman is far from convincing.

] Rating: 2/5

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