Mandy

2018 Directed by Panos Cosmatos

The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

Nicolas Cage Andrea Riseborough Linus Roache Ned Dennehy Olwen Fouéré Richard Brake Bill Duke Line Pillet Clément Baronnet Alexis Julemont Ivailo Dimitrov Hayley Saywell Stephan Fraser Kalin Kerin Tamás Hagyuó Paul Painter Zeva DuVall

Alternative Titles

Μάντυ (2018), 맨디, Мэнди

thriller mystery horror fantasy action

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Review by Sean Baker 28

Saw it last night at a sold-out show at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre. Had a blast. Wholly original, hypnotic, brutal, beautiful, trippy, etc, etc, etc... everything you now expect from Panos Cosmatos.
Performances are fantastic. Andrea Riseborough is quickly becoming one of my faves.
See this on the big screen.
Review by matt lynch ★★★ 35

If this was 80 minutes long it'd be the movie bro catnip you crave: visually completely dazzling, exceptionally violent and unpleasant, frequently hilarious (intentionally or not, depending on your level of ironic detachment), and loaded with mega-Cage. But that extra 40 gives you plenty of time to think about how wickedly, unnecessarily slow, completely corny and affected, and vaguely misogynistic it all is. I'd be lying if I didn't say this was a good time, the Yes album cover demonic hypno-drone is pretty much unimpeachable, but whatever Cosmatos thinks he's up to he could sure stand to lighten the fuck up a little.
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 15

if this film were any more metal* they'd have to mine it out of the Earth before each screening.**
*yes it's me, the ultimate authority on what is and isn't metal / the kid who bought Metallica's "Reload" in 7th grade, listened to the first song a few times, and moved on to the dark recesses of emo without ever looking back.
**but seriously MANDY is super metal. delighted it exists. Andrea Riseborough and Nicolas Cage both give performances as good as any i've seen this year.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 8

95
Lost my spine in the theater.
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★½ 15

Had it on for 5 min before my roommates told me to turn it off
Review by Jacob Knight ★★★★½ 5

Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s GHOST RIDER, scored with dronecore stoner metal. Paint this whole movie on the side of a fucking conversion van.
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★½

ME LAST NIGHT AFTER MANDY: i don't know what the fuck that was. it was slow and bewildering and a bit more boring than i expected. but it was also really beautiful? whatever. i'm tired
ME JUST NOW AFTER READING THE SYNOPSIS AND WATCHING THE TRAILER AGAIN: oh sick so i can just rent this thing and watch it again on google play right now?
as much as i think this is a beautiful thing to watch in a theater, it's also the kind of dark, deliberate watch that i would've probably enjoyed more if i watched it at home. very surprised at how straight-forward this movie was plot-wise, given how wild it is every single other aspect
i get…
Review by nathaxnne (hiatus due to injury) ★★ 127

Mandy was someone who had been through some shit, some horrible shit and she came out scarred but alive, able to read and draw and dream and sleep and get high and listen to metal. Life was difficult and heavy but finally possible. She had someone who she loved and could live with. Her trauma was subsiding and becoming integrated into her daily life. Her nightmares at night weren't quite as bad anymore. Only once or twice a month now would she wake up, sheets clenched in her fist, having to get up and go to the bathroom and smoke a bowl staring out into the rainy night, having to collect herself before going back to bed and getting through…
Review by iana ★★★★ 6

jesus fucking christ
Review by karen h. ★★★★★ 2

fuck everyone who doesn’t think nicolas cage is one of the most tender actors alive
Review by Hollie Horror ★★½ 19

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Can I be real for a moment? I kept almost falling asleep and when my eyes would snap back open, I'd still be watching the same exact slow-motion scene as when I first nodded off. Not into the gimpy cenobite cult gods or Mandy burning alive so her man can have his vengeance, she was the only interesting character and before I knew it, she was gone [obviously excluding Cheddar Goblin]. Loved the final shot of the movie, but I just wasn't feeling it overall. Y'all can tell me "you should have seen it in a theater," but then I'd just ask you, "why, so I can still not like it, but only louder?"
Review by Matt Singer ★★★ 15

I feel like I should enjoy a movie about Nicolas Cage fighting biker lizardmen more than I did.

Recent reviews

Review by Ron Romero ★★

this film is proof that style over substance doesn't work all the time.
Review by PeachyK ★★★★

Lighting a cigarette off of a burning, decapitated head 👍👍
Review by nomiin ★★★★★

Mandy gave me chaos and I’m grateful
Review by Nick Crawford ★★★

Holy crap. I need a shower.
Review by bugtaylor ★★★★★

three words: the chainsaw scene
Review by pipesawa ★★★½

el es di
Review by Skylar Singer ★★★★★

Transfixing.
Review by Devin Bishop ★★★★★

This is like a color filled nightmare that you don't wanna wake up from. Every second of the film feels like a drugged induced comma that can only be lead fantastically by Cage. It is a whole world of its own, where no one tries to explain or give real reasons. Which can be a problem at times, but during dreams that's how it is. I can not recommend this any higher. The blending of metal music, visual dread, and pure color makes this a real experience to behold. I know this is very short than usual, but anymore information about it would ruin it.
GO AND TAKE THIS RIDE! DO IT!
Review by Filmsexman ★★★★½

Ok what the fuck
Review by courtneighs ★★★★★

A perfect flim. A genre bending collage of Cinematic styles that proves when it comes to revenge flicks you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Review by brittany ★★★★

big fan of literally every lighting, score and font choice in this film
Review by Richard ★★★

Seen the 2nd part of this film WAAAAYYYY too many times