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Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Until this moment we cannot be certain that the movie is going to employ every cliche of antebellum melodrama. Read more
Sam Adams, AV Club: Viewed with fresh eyes, it can credibly be seen as revisionist history of a particularly savage kind. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: One of the most neglected and underrated Hollywood films of its era. Read more
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: Mandingo is racist trash, obscene in its manipulation of human beings and feelings, and excruciating to sit through. Read more