La Llorona fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, emotionally cool.
Nerve-racking and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Society, history, and politics
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
Standout sound design, cinematography, and score
A distinctive visual signature.
Nerve-racking and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
La Llorona is nerve-racking and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Society, history, and politics
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around society, history, and politics. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and storytelling
The direction, performances, and storytelling stand out.
Standout sound design, cinematography, and score
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the sound design, cinematography, and score stand out.
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The past will haunt you.
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La Llorona is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Philo, AMC+, and Shudder in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76/100 (IMDb 6.6, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 79). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 37 min
La Llorona runs 1 h 37 min.
Not quite. Critics rate La Llorona higher (88) than audiences (64). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Spanish. Produced in Guatemala, France.
+12GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for La Llorona in 26 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 74 storytelling tropes for La Llorona, including Keeping the Enemy Close, Villain Protagonist, Embarrassing Damp Sheets.
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