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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The Film StageDavid KatzThe Film StageDavid KatzPerhaps we’re comedy-starved in today’s cinematic landscape, but Dupieux’s rollicking adventure generates rare laugh-out-loud moments and even a few applause-worthy bits.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangThe really new news of Mandibles however, is, where in the past Dupieux’s surrealism always had a cynical, sinister, even murderous undercurrent, here, he lets himself be cheerful, as though infected by the sweet-natured bromance between his appealing, appalling idiot leads.
- 80Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallMandibles is far from derivative, and Dupieux goes beyond the usual “Love you bro!” buddy-film clichés to draw something genuine, even heartwarming, out of the friendship between these two idiots.
- 75IndieWireNicholas BarberIndieWireNicholas BarberWhat makes Mandibules so refreshing is that, just as its anti-heroes don’t care about how they are supposed to behave, Dupieux has an airy disregard for how a chase thriller or a horror movie is supposed to proceed.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe idle one-thing-after-another-ness of Mandibles is evocative, disturbing, and moving.
- 75Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanLike his other films, this one takes an admittedly slender thread of an idea — one that would make a perfectly good premise for a four-minute comic sketch — and stretches it to almost the breaking point, and sometimes beyond, twisting and intertwining it with other nonsense along the way, just for the heck of it.
- 67The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloIf you seek something that coalesces in a satisfying way, this ain’t the auteur for you. If you long to be caught off guard, take a seat.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreMandibles is a shambolic, sometimes funny and always-silly amble through the South of France.
- 60The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksMandibules is a rollicking, rambunctious tequila-dream of a movie.