"The movie is well-made, with more effort placed on building tension than on creating bloody playoffs." - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media
Mandy Lane is a shy but popular outsider who draws the attention of every male at her high school. The only boy she can trust is her best friend Emmet. After Emmet causes a severe accident at a jock party, Mandy stops communicating with him. He tries to win her friendship back but fails miserably.
Mandy is invited to a weekend party out at a classmate's father's cattle ranch. After receiving permission from her aunt, she and the group drive out to the secluded property. While everyone is enjoying their freedom of being away from their parents, they don't seem to notice that people are missing. Soon the group finds out that there is in uninvited visitor taking out everyone in their path.
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2006. Senator Entertainment purchased the film from The Weinstein Company but they declared bankruptcy shorty after. After 7 years, The Weinstein Company finally re-gained the rights to the movie and released it in select theaters this October. With a $750,000 budget, the film has already broke even with their international revenue.
Although I enjoyed this movie, it does have a few dull moments. After its opener the film dips into a great amount of suspense. The only problem is, the dialogue isn't entertaining and is more or less a bore. Once things pick back up it resembles the same type of Grindhouse filmmaking Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) created in the '70s. As All the Boys Love Mandy Lane concludes, you're left with a bunch of twists and large body count.
-CS
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