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  Review by Sean Baker 27

  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.

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★ 26

  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.

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  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.

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  Review by karsten ★★★★½ 16

  Had it on for 5 min before my roommates told me to turn it off

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 8

  95

  Lost my spine in the theater.

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  Review by Jacob Knight ★★★★½ 6

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

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  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…

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  Review by nathaxnne [hiatus] ★★ 128

  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…

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  Review by bunny ★★★★½ 3

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

  nicolas cage lightning a cigarette with the flames of the decapitated head of a demon is peak cinema

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  Review by karen h. ★★★★★ 5

  fuck everyone who doesn’t think nicolas cage is one of the most tender actors alive

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  Review by iana ★★★★ 6

  jesus fucking christ

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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★½ 4

  5 minutes into the movie when Nic Cage started talking about Galactus, I knew I was in for a good time.