All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2013)
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 36
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 21
Mandy Lane has enough wit and craft to spark the horror fan's interest, but is not sufficiently original for mainstream audiences.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 2
Mandy Lane has enough wit and craft to spark the horror fan's interest, but is not sufficiently original for mainstream audiences.
want to see
User Ratings: 22,187
Movie Info
Starring Amber Heard and Anson Mount, ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE is about a group of high-schoolers who invite Mandy Lane, "a good girl" who becomes the object of everyone's affection after returning from summer break, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to mysteriously drop one at a time. (c) Radius-TWC
Oct 11, 2013 Limited
Radius-TWC
Watch It Now
Cast
-
Amber Heard
Mandy Lane -
Anson Mount
Garth -
Michael Welch
Emmet -
Whitney Able
Chloe -
Edwin Hodge
Bird -
Aaron Himelstein
Red -
Luke Grimes
Jake -
Melissa Price
Marlin -
Adam Powell
Dylan -
Peyton Hayslip
Aunt Jo -
Brooke Bloom
Cousin Jen -
Robert Earl Keen
Keg Trucker
ADVERTISEMENT
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Trailer & Photos
All Critics (36) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (21) | DVD (1)
It's a time trip worth taking, with moody lensing and a suspenseful script (by Jacob Forman) that offers more than just the usual bloodbath.
Top CriticHere's a case where the backstory is more interesting than the movie.
Director Jonathan Levine's film displays an intelligence lacking in most teen slasher pics.
A partly smart, mostly dumb addition to the teen horror sweepstakes -- smart in how it neatly catches the petty, hurtful, sexy and druggy aspects of high school life, dumb in how it makes absolutely no sense once its resolution is known.
Levine's skills can't completely transform what is a severely underwhelming script.
If all the boys really do love Mandy Lane, I must be the exception.
A head-shaker of a twist undoes all the good built up in the beginning.
However smart its conceit or inviting its photography and music cues, the film is still about dumb, vulgar, witless teenagers being led to the slaughter.
One problem with "Mandy Lane's" attempt to poke fun at horror conventions is that it doesn't execute them well, which puts it in the position of trying to lampoon movies that are better than it is.
While Levine employs a look that recalls the exploitation efforts circa a '70s drive-in, he doesn't have the same grasp on said material's button pushing provocation.
It makes 88 minutes seem like a lifetime.
The boys may well love Mandy Lane, but cinemagoers are best advised to stay well away from her and the shockingly abysmal film that bears her name.
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.
Dumb kids doing dumb things for dumb reasons.
As it is, Mandy Lane feels bogus and compromised: an unreconstructed horror romp in the guise of a nerdish intellectual.
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.
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.
A rather dull meat-and-potatoes slasher film front-loaded with lots of tedium where character development used to go.
The film is pretty good, but suffers a little bit from serious-itis.
Think of it as "There's Something About Mary" with a twist of "Friday the 13th"...
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
A group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, a good girl who became quite hot over the summer, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously.
REVIEW
Mandy Lane is a girl that, like the title suggests, all the boys at her school want to "get with." She has blossomed over the summer from Plain Jane to the hottest, most desired girl in school. After her and her geeky male friend get invited to a party, a freak accident occurs where the host of the party dies while trying to impress Mandy. Flash forward to the following year. Mandy gets invited to a party at a secluded ranch by a bunch of the popular kids. Partying and drinking ensues, and of course, the boys each try in their own way to get with Mandy, who seems uninterested in the whole situation. Needless to say, it doesn't take long before a mysterious killer shows up on the ranch and begins brutally killing off the teens one by one. The film does utilize the now clichéd "Scream" type ending, but with a minor twist that is still somewhat predictable.
Where "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane" advances the genre is in style. Whereas slasher films of the past rarely focused on production, cinematography, setting, etc.., the filmmakers behind "Mandy Lane" put a lot of effort into making the film look great. The cinematography is wonderful, and the isolated ranch location is used to full effect. It is definitely the right direction for this type of film, particularly if horror fans want people to start taking these films seriously as pieces of art.
It is sad that, as of even today, this film has not had a U.S. release either theatrically or DVD. Had it been released in theaters, I think it could have revived the slasher genre, which once again has become tired and clichéd ridden, much like "Scream" did in the mid 90's. Horror fans and fans of quality film making should check this film out--not only is it an above average slasher film with interesting characters, brutal deaths, and plot twists, but it is also a wonderful piece of film making with exceptional art direction, cinematography, and direction.
Super Reviewer
-
- Garth: You seem... different.
- Mandy Lane: That's 'cause I am.
Discussion Forum
What's Hot On RT
New Desolation of Smaug trailer!
Naomi Watts is Princess Di
Gravity sets new record
Trailer for a squirrely heist flick
See what's on TV tonight
Latest News on All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
May 7, 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...
February 13, 2008:
Amber Heard on All the Boys Love Mandy Lane: The RT InterviewWe sit down with the young talent on the rise and get to grips with Jonathan Levine's smart horror...
Fresh Links
Featured
Halloween Movies For Wimps
Scary movies too scary for you? Here are some alternatives for October 31st.
10 Best Superhero TV Shows
HitFix combs through TV history to compile a superpowered list.
Ridiculous Movie Mistakes
RollingStone proves even the best movies miss a details here and there.
Deadly Movie Kids
Moviefone lists 11 Movie Kids Who Could Kick Our Asses.
50 States, 50 Movies
For July 4th, TimeOut has compiled 50 state-specific movie choices.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Featured on RT
- NYFF: Joaquin Phoenix and James Gray talk The Immigrant 0
- Box Office Guru Wrapup: Gravity Stuns with Record $55M Launch 27
- Primetime Preview: Witches of East End, Once Upon a Time and More 1
- Weekly Ketchup: Disney Plans Live Action Cruella de Vil Movie 34
- Primetime Preview: Last Man Standing, The Neighbors and More 5
- Critics Consensus: Gravity is Certified Fresh 68
- Parental Guidance: Gravity and Parkland 2
Top Headlines
This ticks a lot of the usual boxes for a typical teen Slasher, regardless it was one that flowed and was easy watching, predictable, but enjoyable in a guilty pleasure kind of way.