83
Metascore
30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeCosmatos' ability to put us in Red's head — overwhelmed at first with pain and fury, then saturated by the strange drugs he for some reason feels compelled to try — make this much more than the usual exercise in vicarious bloodshed.
- 100Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonA sensuous swath of striking imagery and otherworldly atmosphere, Mandy is a hypnotic, bloody pleasure.
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinMandy exists in its own supremely unnerving horror dimension.
- 91The PlaylistRuss FischerThe PlaylistRuss FischerThrough Cage, the film’s straightforward revenge plot becomes a King Crimson album played at half speed and twice normal volume; a bizarre and bloody outing with a strong heart beneath the surface.
- 83The Film StageJordan RaupThe Film StageJordan RaupMost surprising of all, Mandy isn’t solely about the carnage-heavy path for revenge. Cosmatos knows that the impact will be much greater felt if there’s an emotional backbone. Thus, one can feel the soul-churning passion behind every popping eye and crushed skull.
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyMandy has so many enjoyably whacked-out elements, it comes as an actual surprise that Barry Manilow’s titular 1974 No. 1 hit is not among them.
- 80Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriThe film’s two sides — the soft, textured reverie of its first half, and the surreal, angular savagery of its second — exist in perpetual balance; one would die without the other.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanEither you are one of the devoted or you’re not. You won’t know what camp you’re in until you see it.