Mendy

2003

1h 33m

Drama

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75%

Tomatometer

8 Reviews

50%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

A Hasidic Jew (Ivan Sandomire) from Brooklyn leaves his ultrareligious community and explores the secular life in Manhattan.

Joe Leydon

Variety

Engaging lead performances greatly enhance a familiar coming-of-age story.

May 20, 2006

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Jack Mathews

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.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 12, 2006

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

At its core, Adam Vardy's Mendy: A Question of Faith espouses an inanely simplistic worldview ... but it does so with a surprising amount of respect.

Rated: 3/5

May 11, 2006

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Jules Brenner

Filmcritic.com

fails to light up the candles, let alone create fireworks.

Rated: 2/5

May 23, 2008

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TV Guide

This thoughtful first film from Israeli-born filmmaker Adam Vardy offers an interesting take on the plight of a young Hassidic Jew who, in fleeing his home and family, attempts to forge a new life for himself far from the only things he ever knew.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 12, 2006

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Audience Member

charming characters and acting, fine direction, shots, and pacing. And an interesting story of Mendy who faces a dilemma - the dilemma is not particularly original but this time it is in a culture so unrepresented in film it is exotic.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Fascinating and very dark, yet spiritual.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

outsiders trying to figure out where they are - surprisingly good

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Tags: Hasidism, Williamsburg, Coming of Age. Acting is rather amateur, save for Mendy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

A Hasidic Jew (Ivan Sandomire) from Brooklyn leaves his ultrareligious community and explores the secular life in Manhattan.

Director: Adam Vardy
Screenwriter: Adam Vardy
Production Co: Sorsky Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 33m