Mank - Reviews

...Fincher filmed low, aimed for the brain, and hit a deadly shot.

...Fincher has crafted an entertainment that’s provocative, pointed, ruthlessly entertaining, and in some respects, particularly near the end, a little bit infuriating.

Fincher also seems to revel in his telling, faithfully recreating the ring-a-ding speech rhythms and lush scene setting of Hollywood's Golden Age...

...some of the most gorgeous filmmaking craft imaginable.

...looks gorgeous, and sounds gorgeous.

...in the canon of films about film-making, there are few as textured, as committed and as suffused with real appreciation for the craft as 'Mank'.

Make no mistake: Mank is an all-timer.

...Seyfried and Dance sparkle in support.

Oldman (...) continues to excel at immersing himself in real-life characters. He's in top form as the hard-drinking, intellectual writer...

This is a gorgeous film, down to every detail.

David Fincher’s beguiling masterwork is worthy of Orson Welles.

Arguably the best-looking movie of the year, David Fincher’s richly layered biopic stars Gary Oldman, in peak form as the hard-living Herman Mankiewicz.

...a fascinating meditation on an under-appreciated luminary of American cinema in its own antiquated language.

It’s a scathing and surprisingly prescient attack on the whole rotten business of movie-making, but it’s also a deeply sad film...

...filmen, der vil genantænde enhver filmelskers kærlighed til mediets lunefulde magi.