Review: Octavia Spencer embraces her bad self, but `Ma` isn`t good or bad enough
(LA Times Dodgers)

I could be wrong, but I´m pretty sure `Ma` is the first movie in which Octavia Spencer plays someone who´s terrible at her job. Her character, Sue Ann, is a veterinarian´s aide, a calling that doesn´t seem to interest her very much. The attention she pays to the ailing pets in her care is selective...