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Mental

  • 2012


MOVIE IS unrealistic australian suburban mortifyingly aesthetic
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38 %
44 % Rotten
$ 4 Million
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Positive Reviews 25
Negative reviews 17
Average Rating 2.9/5
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1.5
Much of the humor is driven by a savage near hatred of everything suburban, which frequently undermines its own effectiveness, and poses a barrier to .. Variety
4.0
There are unusual rewards for viewers willing to climb evry mountain with this deranged guide. Time Out
2.0
The biggest laughs, and theres a healthy helping of them, are sharp digs at the narrow minded misogynist corners of suburban Australia. Time Out
2.0
Artistic inspiration can be close to madness, but Mental is just plain nuts. Time Out
0.6
Given the films garrulous multitude of characters, one wishes they would all just shut up and sing.
4.5
From the moment Collettes knife wielding hippie hitchhiker arrives to play nanny to a dysfunctional family of girls, the disarmingly cuckoo Australian .. The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
The whole film is so aggressively clownish that the only possible response is to cringe. Telegraph
2.0
Writer director P.J. Hogan may have based Mental on an actual incident from his childhood, but the crazy quilt of a movie that resulted feels anything ..
1.5
Mental skewers the easy on and off labels of psychiatry, but some sequences, particularly one of bad dreams, are sophomoric. Village Voice
3.1
And if Mental it doesnt quite come off, its at least comforting for us and Hogan to see that, to some degree, you can go home again. Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
Hilarious but a tonal bucking bronco, the effort is perhaps best reserved for viewers in the mood for a runaway mine cart viewing experience, willing .. Blu Ray
4.0
This is a hugely entertaining Australian comedy drama with terrific comic performances from a fine ensemble cast. View London
2.5
The scenery Down Under looks great and you certainly cant write off a film where Liev Schreiber plays a shark hunter. New York Post
1.5
A kooky comedy in which a spirited cast is almost suffocated by too aggressive direction. Film Journal International ..
2.0
A lot of times, you simply want the jabbering characters to shut up. Az Central
3.0
A knockabout black comedy from Australia that starts off exhilaratingly mad and funny, then progressively loses its edge. Guardian
3.0
Collette anchors the film with a selfless, let it all hang out performance that sets an agreeably anarchic tone. Flim List
4.5
Review by Andrew L. Urban: If youre a fan of P.J. Hogans iconic tragi comedy, Muriels Wedding (1994), youll probably play spot the parallels while wat ..
2.0
Unless youre in tune with the eccentric humour youll find this a bewildering dud. Express
2.8
Enjoyable performances cant compensate for the films lack of control: in Hogans hands the broad humor sells out the sincerity, and when that mark is m .. Blogs Indie Wire
4.0
Packed with fine performances, this attack on suburban conformity is surprising, darkly hilarious and cleverly leaves the insanity judgement to its au .. Total Film
3.0
Its more of a farce than a genuine satire and even a good cast cant swing it towards the acid quality and hilariously peppery observation of Muriels W .. Standard
1.0
The crux of Mentals irksome inability to entertain is that a majority of its comedy scenes resolutely fail in their goal to change perceptions of psyc .. Herald Sun
2.8
Not content to make his point through sharp tongued comedy, Hogan ends up beating a dead horse or shark, as the case may be. Oregon Live
4.5
Taking its stylistic cues from its wild leading lady, this daring and darkly hued comedy matches its subversive laughs with genuine heart. Film Ink
3.0
Feeding on autobiographical energy, Hogans screenplay mashes outrageous set ups with wicked, if sometimes shallow, intent. The Age
3.5
And it doesnt deliver redemption, at least not in predictable terms: it doesnt involve dramatic transformations or changes of heart, and it leaves mos .. The Age
2.5
This outrageously irreverent Aussie comedy is an extraordinary film hilarious one moment and grating the next. Unfortunately, only some of the risks p .. Nz Herald
1.0
The jokes are obvious, ugly and unfunny. Periods on white couches, anyone Flicks
3.0
The movie is surreal, uncontrolled, frenzied: a gift that goes on giving, even though at some points you beg it to stop. Ft
3.5
Even for a riotous Australian black comedy, this film packs in just a bit too much chaos. Its consistently smart and funny, with lively characters and .. Contact Music
3.8
Its a plot that must sound bat shit crazy, right This stuff doesnt happen in real life, right This is like one of those zany, silly Hollywood comedies .. The Film Pie
2.5
Its a bewilderingly strange movie, the kind of thing that one might write off as being lost in translation from its Australian origin before realizing .. Hollywood Chicago
2.5
The intermittent one liners cant sustain the films overweight running time, its disjointed plotting and its several false endings. Sbs
3.0
Hogans second attempt to mine his tragicomic childhood lacks the giddy warmth and unhinged ebullience of Muriels Wedding. Scots Man
4.5
While Hogan struggles to tie things up satisfactorily in its final act, he doesnt resort to unrealistic solutions. Ion Cinema
0.5
Unless audiences are craving for unoriginal toilet humour, they shouldnt bother giving their time or money to a complete waste of celluloid that doesn .. Trespass Mag
4.5
Heart, humor and hilarity. . .and a big hunting knife! Its great to be mental if it means loving Mental!
4.0
Mental is the love child of Mary Poppins and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Its an Australian cult classic in the making. Graffiti With Punctuation
4.0
Hogan demonstrates a sure ear for droll dialogue and his script while occasionally too broad for some audiences is delivered with delirious panache by .. Sky
5.0
It had me in its spell from start to finish and I ran the gauntlet of every possible emotion along the way. Outstanding. The Mercury
1.5
This is clearly an aesthetic that adores, but the unbridled joie de vivre he specialises in has also resulted in a deeply indulgent, wildly unwieldy f .. Screen Space(Squarespace)
1.5
The humour is every bit as rude and raucous as before, but Hogans touch here seems heavy handed and the use of songs from The Sound of Music doesnt wo .. Movie Talk
2.2
If one wants to see Toni Collette light a fart on fire, well, this misguided reunion with her Muriels Wedding director may be the only chance they get .. Shared Darkness
2.0
...due to a mortifyingly miscalculated lead performance and haphazard writing, Mental is often as funny as a burning orphanage. The Crat
4.5
Hogans impulses this time around are both populist and unconventional, as if he cant decide whether hes directing an indie or a multiplexer. Blogs Crikey



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