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February 8, 2020  | By David Bianculli

HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET

 
This 2019 movie is sly and sinister, which also is a perfect description of the titular performance by Octavia Spencer. She plays Sue Ann, who is asked by underage teens to buy some liquor for her. She not only does that, but offers them a safe basement in which to drink it – so long as they call her “Ma.” It’s only after that that Ma, the movie and the character, turns more evil…
 
 
 
 
 
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