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jfritz1982
Reviews
Mama/M.A.M.A. (2003)
Disturbing, interesting, biased
This was an extremely interesting movie that follows the story of 3 families in which the mother has been accused of Münchhausen syndrome by proxy. This is a disorder in which the mother purposefully makes her child sick in some way and by doing this receives praise and attention for caring for a very sick child. The three women in the movie are allowed to tell their stories and how their lives have been torn apart by the accusations. We also get to see many of the world's leading "authorities" on the disorder. The movie is very enthralling and may even make you angry.
Like most documentaries the filmmakers had a point of view going in and they only showed things that supported their point of view. However this did not overwhelmingly take away from the movie...it was still very interesting.