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Mendy: A Question of Faith

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Mendy: A Question of Faith reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Adam Vardy

Directed by: Adam Vardy

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 12, 2006
DVD: March 13, 2007

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

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

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)

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New York Daily News Jack Mathews

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.

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TV Guide Ken Fox

Film does show why so many young people raised in such communities find it so difficult to ever leave.

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Village Voice Ben Kenigsberg

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.

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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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