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2021·Romance·1h 32m
7.0
Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who’s searching for a sense of worth, belonging and ‘restored’ Male identity.
Directed by Billie Piper

Cast

Billie Piper
Billie Piper
Mandy
Leo Bill
Leo Bill
Pete
Kerry Fox
Kerry Fox
Marion
David Thewlis
David Thewlis
Vic
Lily James
Lily James
Cressida
Jonjo O'Neill
Jonjo O'Neill
Dougie
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Cathy
Emily Taaffe
Emily Taaffe
Becky
Montserrat Lombard
Montserrat Lombard
Val
Trevor White
Trevor White
Leonardo
Mariah Gale
Mariah Gale
Vanessa
Christopher Sciueref
Christopher Sciueref
The Priest

Crew

Billie Piper
Billie Piper
Director
Billie Piper
Billie Piper
Writer
Patrick Meller
Patrick Meller
Director of Photography
Jim Reeve
Jim Reeve
Executive Producer
Laila Alsane
Laila Alsane
Makeup Artist
James Burgess
James Burgess
Steadicam Operator
James Burgess
James Burgess
"B" Camera Operator
Grace Snell
Grace Snell
Costume Design

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28 reviews
Katelyn
Rare Beasts
The weirdest movie I will ever see… ever.
The weirdest movie I will ever see… ever.
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Michaela
Michaela
Rare Beasts
i do understand what this movie was trying to go for but it just didn't land for me personally. which is fine. i wanted pete dead with a vengeance tho. highlight was when a lady threw her shoe at his head at the end <3 lovely stuff

tw: billie piper saying 'i love you' (multiple times) in the exact same cadence with which we all heard those words on the 8th of july 2006
i do understand what this movie was trying to go for but it just didn't land for me personally. which is fine. i wanted pete dead with a vengeance tho. highlight was when a lady threw her shoe at his head at the end <3 lovely stuff

tw: billie piper saying 'i love you' (multiple times) in the exact same cadence with which we all heard those words on the 8th of july 2006
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månøn
månøn
Rare Beasts
i understood the half of the movie and it’s totally okay !
billie piper i love you
(but please find someone better (a woman))
i understood the half of the movie and it’s totally okay !
billie piper i love you
(but please find someone better (a woman))
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desro
desro
Rare Beasts
I really like Billie Piper but this film didn’t do it for me. It wasn’t bad but I just didn’t like it much. I think it’s a fairly well crafted story and the characters are kind of interesting, it had some funny moments and moments with great directing as well. I just don’t really care about what’s happening.
I really like Billie Piper but this film didn’t do it for me. It wasn’t bad but I just didn’t like it much. I think it’s a fairly well crafted story and the characters are kind of interesting, it had some funny moments and moments with great directing as well. I just don’t really care about what’s happening.
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bhomasterry
bhomasterry
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Since Billie Piper is the new Doctor I thought I'd finally get round to her directorial debut.

To make a film about yourself, staring yourself, directed by yourself and written by yourself, you need to have something worth saying and Billie Piper clearly does. This is a miserable and furious take on feminism and the constant influence of toxic masculinity in which Billie Piper shouts out how she felt married to the awful Laurence Fox. Unfortunately, the direction feels a little dull throughout, repeating the same close ups of Mandy explaining her inner thoughts and adding to the idiocracy and confrontational style of each conversation. That being said it is still a great effort for a first attempt at directing and I hope that Billie Piper continues to write and direct more films, we need to hear more from her.
Since Billie Piper is the new Doctor I thought I'd finally get round to her directorial debut.

To make a film about yourself, staring yourself, directed by yourself and written by yourself, you need to have something worth saying and Billie Piper clearly does. This is a miserable and furious take on feminism and the constant influence of toxic masculinity in which Billie Piper shouts out how she felt married to the awful Laurence Fox. Unfortunately, the direction feels a little dull throughout, repeating the same close ups of Mandy explaining her inner thoughts and adding to the idiocracy and confrontational style of each conversation. That being said it is still a great effort for a first attempt at directing and I hope that Billie Piper continues to write and direct more films, we need to hear more from her.
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