Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Mandingo has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Mandingo (1975)
Review of Mandingo (1975)
By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 25 Jun 2012
Review of Mandingo (1975)
By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of Mandingo (1975)
By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Feb 2001
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By Mike Emery (10) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 13 Oct 2013
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Mandingo was released in 1975 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 34 reviews, giving Mandingo (1975) an average rating of 65%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 42%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Mandingo a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 65%, Mandingo is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1975, which stands at 60%.
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