All The Boys Love Mandy Lane All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
2006 Directed by Jonathan Levine
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The orphan Mandy Lane is a beautiful, virgin and pure teenager raised by her aunt, desired by her schoolmates and a close friend of the outcast Emmet. After the death of their high school mate in a pool party, Mandy befriends Chloe, Marlin, Red, Bird and Jake. Red invites the group for a weekend party in the isolated ranch of his family.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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An interesting take on the slasher genre, with a fantastic performance from the stunning Amber Heard. The execution isn't always as good as it could be, but the cinematography and unexpected plot make up for it.
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Uninspired teen horror that has apparently languished in the ether in the US. I've had it recorded for a while so decided to see what the fuss was about.
And not much is the answer.
I'd figured out the twist after ten minutes and I was wasn't that interested even as I was being proved right (usually I am unbearably smug). I can't understand why everyone was obsessed with Mandy Lane herself. Yes, Amber Heard is pretty but not anymore so than a hundred other young actresses. Maybe she was a cipher on which all the other characters projected their own lusts and wishes onto. If this isn't the case though, then she is an awful blank character.
There are some pretty decent sequences (knife/eye interface is horrid!), and the ending is hokily fun when it all kicks off but otherwise this is horrendously uninspired.
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A decent, beautifully filmed thriller showing off Amber Heard's talents. Yes, I'm referring to what you think, you perverts!
I appreciated the twist, some of the killings were inspired, great location and just good fun. Not even the two needy bitches or the douchebag could ruin it. -
One of the better slashers of recent years.
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This is an underated scary film that pokes fun of the whole horror genre with the going to an isolated place/cabin/house setting. You don't like any of the characters who are in this movie and Mady is not a likable character as well and the only character that you like is the one whose fate you already know. It is an enjoyable film and it took me forever to be able to find it and when I did watch it, it was better than I thought that it would be.
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Just another teen romance slash slasher movie where the hot bodies are made cold one after another. It's pretty generic, but some nice acting and settings, and a well chosen soundtrack makes this a fun enough watch to sit through.
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Stanley Film Fest!
(I've seen this before on import Blu-ray, but I just watched on the big screen here at the fest.)
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We never talk about this movie. Ever.
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Never talking about this shitty movie ever again.
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Real title: You'll Never Have Sex with Amber Heard
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An intriguing start and cool visuals but I lost interest as soon as it became a generic slasher flick. I enjoyed the first half and the "twist" ending suddenly made the film as a whole seem more interesting than it had been previously but it was still a disappointment after hearing about it for so long.
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This girls drives the guys insane, literally.
The movie started off real strong. The first 40 minutes are solid, then the movie become your cliche 80's horror movie. Don't get me wrong though, if you don't mind that sort of thing, you'll definitely enjoy this.
There’s nothing particularly original or extraordinary about this flick. It’s another slasher movie, with a group of teenagers heading off into the middle of nowhere, doing stuff they should not be doing: Drinking, drugs, and sex. All the cliche 'no no's that lead to death and despair killed in a horror movie.
As cliche as it may have been, it was still entertaining, and perhaps there might be one or two twists to the film that will make you do a double-take.
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The mystique surrounding this film was the reason behind me wanting to see it as much as I did. However, I was quite let down. This film has had a long distribution fight. It should have came out in 2006/2007, but, due to bankruptcy, sat on the shelf until the were able to get out of financial trouble, and find a new distributer. Mandy Lane really doesn't offer anything new in the slasher/horror genre. Besides a kind-of surprise ending, it is really just dull.
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"All The Boys Love Mandy Lane" attempts to position itself as a more elegant horror film, and with the look of the film, it succeeds. But, without a concentration on over-the-top gore or high concepts, what we're left with is something that kinda looks cool, but is just mostly bland and boring. (like Mandy Lane)
Most of the time is spent watching kids sit around and even when things start to go down it's quiet and there isn't a buildup of tension and then release; there are only events that unfold as they need to until the requisite gotcha ending.