Mandy's reviews
Media reviews
The Telegraph
It is simultaneously horrible and ludicrous, and so sets the tone for much that follows. 'Mandy' exists in its own supremely unnerving horror dimension.
The Playlist
'Mandy' is not for everyone, but for a willing and engaged audience this is a rare artifact, a warped ?hearts of darkness? journey into loss and out the other side.
Indiewire
There?s still plenty to enjoy about watching forge his own sword and engage in chainsaw duels before howling ?I am your god now!? as the gore reaches peak insanity.
The Guardian
It?s a mixed blessing having Cage in the lead. He?s certainly someone who can smelt a weird-looking axe, charmingly spit bon mots at hellions and get a cheer when he snorts an enormous amount of cocaine off a glass shard.But there are moments in which he gets an inadvertent laugh.
Screen Daily
Much like its star, Mandy happily drifts off into its own demented, entrancing reverie, untethered to anything resembling modesty or conventional cinema.
The Hollywood Reporter
At first elemental, it moves toward something more in keeping with the cult that brought it about. As Red descends into their strange hideout, this becomes cosmic horror, a spectacle meant to inspire awe. Mandy will attract a cult that puts the Children of the New Dawn to shame.
Variety
The eventual fountains of blood and other splatter effects are deliberately over-the-top, underlining that this sophomore feature, though impressively creepy at times, has a degree of self-mocking fun
The A.V. Club
There?s no real point in approaching 'Mandy' like a normal movie. It?s a fetish object, a juvenile art-installation stunt. It panders wildly, but also skillfully and effectively, to its demographic.
Roger Ebert
'Mandy' runs over two hours, and a little of its style goes a long way. I think there?s a masterful version of this movie that runs notably shorter, but that doesn?t mean there?s not an unforgettable one the way it is right now.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote