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Mendy
  • Release Date: May 12, 2006
Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    63
    Vardy draws the moral conflicts in broad strokes, but as a portrait of a man torn between his faith and the urges of his liberated hormones, it has honest depth.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    63
    Film does show why so many young people raised in such communities find it so difficult to ever leave.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ben Kenigsberg
    60
    Inspired by a 1997 "Voice" article on ex-members of the Satmar sect, Mendy is cast largely with Orthodox or former Orthodox actors, who are utterly credible with dialogue that necessarily teeters between the candid and the offensive.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    60
    Ms. Dias gives the role an understated allure, and Mr. Sandomire is as good as his character's inconsistencies allow. Their performances and Mr. Vardy's ability to be reverent when he wants to be are the film's strengths.
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