Rotten
Until this moment we cannot be certain that the movie is going to employ every cliche of antebellum melodrama.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Mandingo
Expect The Savage. The Sensual. The Shocking. The Sad. The Powerful. The Shameful. Expect The Truth.
1975 · 2h 7m · R
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Overview
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
31%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Viewed with fresh eyes, it can credibly be seen as revisionist history of a particularly savage kind.
Sam Adams, AV Club
Rotten
Mandingo is racist trash, obscene in its manipulation of human beings and feelings, and excruciating to sit through.
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com
Rotten
Embarrassing and crude.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
One of the most neglected and underrated Hollywood films of its era.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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