A thoroughly derivative, boringly ordinary affair in desperate need of a hockey-masked psycho or razor-gloved ghoul to liven things up.
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02/12/08
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2009)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:12
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Mandy Lane has enough wit and craft to spark the horror fan's interest, but is not sufficiently original for mainstream audiences.
Theatrical Release:Nov 30, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Amber Heard stars in this teen horror romp as Mandy Lane, a plain girl whose summertime metamorphosis into a hottie gets her invited away for the weekend with the popular kids. Once in the isolated... [More]
Starring: Amber Heard, Anson Mount, Edwin Hodge, Michael Welch
Director: Jonathan Levine
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Reviews for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
Cluttered with obnoxious CW-scented teen characterizations, cartoonish parades of clumsy adolescent lust, and fruitless stabs of suspense, Lane is a rotten idea all around.
06/18/09
Think of it as "There's Something About Mary" with a twist of "Friday the 13th"...
07/17/08
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (is) the best modern slasher flick since Scream. In fact, I like All the Boys Love Mandy Lane a little more than Scream -- All the Boys may be knowing and post-modern as it begs, borrows and steals from films like Prom Night,
09/22/06
One of the more memorable teen-oriented horror movies of the last few years. As much a comment on the objectification of women as it is a grimy, violent, enthralling slasher pic.
10/15/08
A rather dull meat-and-potatoes slasher film front-loaded with lots of tedium where character development used to go.
08/26/08
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane is what we call a "thinking man's slasher flick." Hell, it might just be the first one ever.
09/13/06
May have an indie budget but equally evokes the rich landscapes of early Terrence Malick and the grimy grindhouse tales of the '70s, converging poetically into its heartmashing climax.
07/01/08
All the boys might love Mandy Lane -- discerning horror fans, however, will not.
02/15/08
The film is pretty good, but suffers a little bit from serious-itis.
07/26/08
What distinguishes it from the slasher flock, however, isn't its kills, but its smarts: the extent to which it taps into the high school psyche and recontextualizes its usual sex-alcohol-and-drugs temptations.
03/13/07
Mandy Lane isn’t a masterpiece by any definition, but it is a fine and well crafted piece of work that a lot of care and attention to detail was put into.
07/15/08
a feature length music video that's too busy admiring itself it the mirror to make any sense
05/22/08
Dumb kids doing dumb things for dumb reasons.
05/06/09
Director Jonathan Levine's film displays an intelligence lacking in most teen slasher pics.
09/23/06
As it is, Mandy Lane feels bogus and compromised: an unreconstructed horror romp in the guise of a nerdish intellectual.
10/18/08
with teenagers, there will always come a time when innocence must be lost - but Levine's film transfixes this moment with the sharpness of a razor.
02/13/08
A serial killer's wet dream peopled with all sorts of repugnant, rich, bored and terminally cynical Texas teens.
04/13/08
Lane isn't going to save the sorry state of the genre.
09/14/06
So self-conscious that the movie feels like a feature length music video that's too busy admiring itself it the mirror to make any sense.
10/18/08
Latest News for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
May 07, 2009:
End of the Road for Mandy Lane? 
Jonathan Levine's long-in-limbo "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" will sit on the shelf at least awhile longer: Senator Distribution has canceled its July 17th release date. More...
February 13, 2008:
Amber Heard on All the Boys Love Mandy Lane: The RT Interview
We sit down with the young talent on the rise and get to grips with Jonathan Levine's smart horror and her role in the Judd Apatow-produced Pinapple Express. More...
July 24, 2007:
Trailer & Poster review
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July 17, 2007:
Horror Flick Mandy Lane Gets Bumped and Bought
When I saw All the Boys Love Mandy Lane at the Toronto Film Festival, I dug it a whole lot. The Weinsteins sure seemed to as well, but just this week they canceled the release... More...
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