All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Reviews
Top CriticIt's a time trip worth taking, with moody lensing and a suspenseful script (by Jacob Forman) that offers more than just the usual bloodbath.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
PopMatters
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
DustinPutman.com
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
ESplatter
The film is pretty good, but suffers a little bit from serious-itis.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Cinema Crazed
Think of it as "There's Something About Mary" with a twist of "Friday the 13th"...
Film Threat
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
eFilmCritic.com
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
ViewLondon
Engaging, sharply acted slasher movie that's a cut above the usual rubbish, thanks to a decent script and impressive direction by Jonathan Levine.
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| Original Score: 4/5
musicOMH.com
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.
Shadows on the Wall
More of a dramatic freak-out than your standard teen slasher horror. Although the effect is exactly the same.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Film Blather
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.
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| Original Score: B+
Director Jonathan Levine's film displays an intelligence lacking in most teen slasher pics.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Cinematical
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,
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| Original Score: 3/4
eFilmCritic.com
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Too good to abandon, but not some "lost classic" either.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
CinemaBlend.com
Levine's skills can't completely transform what is a severely underwhelming script.
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| Original Score: 2/5
We Got This Covered
If all the boys really do love Mandy Lane, I must be the exception.
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| Original Score: 5/10
Inside Horror
A head-shaker of a twist undoes all the good built up in the beginning.
The Dissolve
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.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
