David Day Horror Movie Talk Aug 8, 2025 8/10

It starts in the woods in 1983 and ends up in some crazy fantasy land that I don’t understand, but I love it nonetheless.

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Robert W. Butler Butler's Cinema Scene Nov 4, 2024 A-

A revenge melodrama that practically pulsates with human agony while radiating a psychological/surreal intensity that is simultaneously seductive and repellant. This might be great filmmaking. It might be trash. I could make a case for either.

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Ankit Ojha Cinema Elite Jul 9, 2024 5/5

“Mandy” is a nightmarish fever dream that’s as hypnotic, horrifying, and emotionally devastating as you wanted it to be.

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Kate Boyle InSession Film Jul 8, 2024

The score and cinematography are some of the highlights of this movie. It's one of those you have to see to understand the attention it's getting.

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Kenneth Seward Jr. IGN Jul 26, 2023 8.8/10

Mandy is a refreshing, unbridled riff on the familiar horror story of a wronged person who exacts revenge on the bad guys in horrible fashion.

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Manuel São Bento MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) Jul 24, 2023 A-

Astonishing cinematography, powerful score, amazing performances, mind-blowing visuals, and a bloody vengeance story. See it to believe it!

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M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut Aug 16, 2022 3.5/5

If there was ever a film that’s the equivalent of a Stephen King wet dream, this is it.

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) Aug 5, 2022

Cage is utterly in his element.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Mar 8, 2022 3/4

Don't expect a straightforward plot, deeply felt emotions, or even a sense of reason behind the formal choices throughout.

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Cate Young Thirty, Flirty + Film Nov 5, 2021

Mandy's heavy metal influences come through loud and clear, not just in the booming soundtrack but in the film's mechanics itself.

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Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Aug 28, 2021 86/100

Episode 9: Phantasmagoria

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Nicolás Delgadillo Discussing Film Jun 25, 2021 4.5 / 5

A violent, beautiful, deranged, and haunting work of art.

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Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Mar 1, 2021 3/5

A deeply weird movie, tailored for a very specific grindhouse type of audience, and brought to life by Cage's cock-a-doodle performance.

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Dustin Chang Floating World Feb 13, 2021

Mandy's death propels the movie descending rapidly into total mayhem and provides perhaps Nic Cage's Cagest performance in years. That long take rage scene in his underwear in the bathroom is a sight to behold.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Dec 7, 2020 5/10

Despite its obvious low-budget construction, it's stylish and alarmingly original, while Cage doesn't hold back the rage in his performance.

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Kelechi Ehenulo Confessions From A Geek Mind Aug 27, 2020 4/5

No matter what side of the cinematic spectrum you sit on, Mandy needs to be seen to be believed.

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Stephen A. Russell The New Daily (Australia) Aug 19, 2020 4/5

As a bereaved lover out for blood, Cage is unstintingly, resolutely fantastic in the hack 'n' slash 1980s genre homage.

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Matt Cipolla Film Monthly Jul 25, 2020 3.5/5

It may not be the phantasmagorical face-melting extravaganza it ought to be, but it'll singe more than a few eyebrows.

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Murjani Rawls The Pop Break Jul 20, 2020

Mandy is a love letter to a time where horror movies had a combination of otherworldly visuals and contemporary special effects to show the sheer brutality of either revenge or evil.

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Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jun 30, 2020 A

Bug-nuts crazy, drug-addled, apocalyptic-doomsday-cult-fueled, chainsaw-fighting, demon-biker-having madness and mania.

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