Metacritic Film

Mendy: A Question of Faith

Starring Ivan Sandomire, Gabriela Dias, Spencer Chandler, Jonathan Hova, Elizabeth Cano, Deana Barone, Kristen Cecala, and Isaac Stern

MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Andes Films
Drama
90 minutes | Color
USA
Released In Theaters May 12, 2006

The story of Mendy, a young Brooklyn Hasidic Jew, and his metamorphosis as he struggles to adapt and find his place in modern secular society. (Andes Films)

WRITTEN BY
Adam Vardy

DIRECTED BY
Adam Vardy

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

59 / 100

Critic Reviews

63 New York Daily News
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.
63 TV Guide
Film does show why so many young people raised in such communities find it so difficult to ever leave.
60 Village Voice
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.
60 The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
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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