#Mank has plenty to admire technically. Production, camerawork, sound & score are its strongest elements & the leading picks for the #Oscars.
This is the AP Film History course for cinephiles, likely to alienate some general audiences. Arliss Howard & Tom Pelphrey are standouts. pic.twitter.com/FQAQa66iA9
— Clayton Davis (@AwardsCircuit) October 30, 2020
David Fincher is in fine form with #Mank. It’s dazzling & made for cinephiles. A sharp, smart critique of golden era Hollywood & evocative dreamlike homage to perfection. Seyfried is winning. Erik Messerschmidt’s cinematography, a lavish affair. Editor Kirk Baxter earns top marks pic.twitter.com/c6GsK2muN2
— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) October 30, 2020
#Mank is a remarkable sight to behold w/ each shot so meticulously well crafted you’ll want to pause the film often just to stare at this thing. A frenetic & authentic throwback that classic film buffs will adore. Are you a lover of provocative Hollywood stories? This is for you pic.twitter.com/39N7fLOOv5
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) October 30, 2020
#Mank is visually stunning with gorgeous cinematography & incorporation of various filmmaking techniques. Strong script anchored by Oldman’s splendid performance. However, this film will speak to a certain niche of movie audience. #FilmTwitter pic.twitter.com/8fsriVdL5u
— Rosa #LatinxLens (@rosasreviews) October 30, 2020
MANK is a cinematic jewel that reminds us why we love the movies. Intelligent & thoroughly researched, this is a love letter from David Fincher where every single technical element is painstakingly created to match the time period. Gary Oldman delivers a masterful performance. pic.twitter.com/uNbSfmJeY3
— Matt Neglia (@NextBestPicture) October 30, 2020
MANK is magnificent (manknificent?). Snappy, gorgeous, funny, and unapologetically political. Looks and sounds like an old movie in an old movie house, with audio that seems to echo off walls that aren’t actually there. #Mank @MankFilm pic.twitter.com/pu1QiDzA5t
— Chris Evangelista 🎃 (@cevangelista413) October 30, 2020
MANK is romantic and cynical. It’s provocative and old fashioned. It’s what I expected and utterly surprising. It’s also gorgeous. And I need to see it again. All hail Fincher (father and son).
— Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) October 30, 2020
I love that David Fincher’s dad gets sole screenwriting credit on MANK (a good movie about how hard it is for movies to be good)
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) October 30, 2020
#MANK is beautifully shot. Erik Messerschmidt's cinematography is exquisitely lush and Trish Summerville's costumes are fantastic. This is a craft-feast, and that score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is glorious. #MANK is exquisitely crafted and a visual delight. #OSCARS pic.twitter.com/h0FQOdFyyd
— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) October 30, 2020
MANK is a peculiar labyrinth of a movie, a thrilling & unpredictable approach to deconstructing Hollywood history in its own language. No, you won’t get a definitive CITIZEN KANE backstory (& Orson emerges relatively unscathed); you’ll get a remarkable window into what it means.
— erickohn (@erickohn) October 30, 2020
And yes, the filmmaking style is a lot of fun, but it’s hard to sustain enthusiasm for that stuff for a whole movie. “Wait, *another* fade out! Whoa, it’s *still* mono!”
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) October 30, 2020
Fincher also pretty much discovered Armie Hammer, gave Carrie Coon her first film role, cast Rooney Mara in a starmaking turn and got some career-best work from Jesse Eisenberg and Edward Norton
— Jen-see-you-in-hell Riley (@jenelleriley) October 30, 2020
the thing about MANK is it’s less a movie about the making of Citizen Kane than it is about the circumstances that inspired the movie and those circumstances are watching capitalism corrupt in the midst of a depression
— Esther Zuckerman (@ezwrites) October 30, 2020
MANK: Exceptional craftsmanship and a strong turn from Amanda Seyfried, but also an obsession with picking and choosing historical bits that will likely rankle the very cinephiles it was ostensibly made for, plus more Upton Sinclair chatter than anyone would ever, EVER need. 🎥🍸
— Kate Erbland (@katerbland) October 30, 2020
Now that the Mank embargo is over...you guys already knew this was made for me. And you too, if you're into hardcore film history brought to life by a director and writer who both clearly loved digging into it. Not a sentimental movie about H'wood, but, in its way, a joyful one.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) October 30, 2020
My MANK feelings:
I found it beautiful and inspiring.
It’s about making the decision to turn away from everything you know, everything that sustains you, when you realize how wrong it is.
It’s one thing to burn it all down. Even harder when you’re standing in the center of it. pic.twitter.com/CtNwD0Ook4
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) October 30, 2020
David Fincher's #Mank is phenomenal. Everything from the brilliant sound design to the amazing performances makes it one of the best films of 2020. Cinephiles are going to LOVE this movie. pic.twitter.com/WmmAvgIJGJ
— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) October 30, 2020