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By Thomas Puhr
If a precocious, 15-year-old D&D enthusiast was force-fed LSD and given carte blanche to
make any movie they wanted, the end product might look something like Panos
Cosmatos' latest. Mandy is visually gorgeous, but it is Nicolas Cage’s performance as Red Miller, a man
seeking revenge against the cult that murdered his beloved Mandy (Andrea
Riseborough), that seals the deal. Though gloriously unhinged (especially when his
enemies’ heads start rolling), Cage also imbues his character with genuine
pathos. The late Jóhann Jóhannsson’s score, finished shortly before his death, does not disappoint. In short, Mandy
is off-the-wall crazy and often exhilarating.
