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  • Manderlay
  • Opened January 27, 2006 | Runtime:2 hr. 19 min.
  • NR
  • In 1933, a young woman named Grace and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Grace, feeling a sense of duty to the people behind the heavy gates, stays to liberate the slaves and see Read More
  • Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach de Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Michael Abiteboul
  • Director: Lars von Trier
  • Genres: Drama

Manderlay Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    I wouldn't go so far as to claim Manderlay is fun to watch. Von Trier, who can...

  • 70
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    To warm to Manderlay, the chilly second installment of Lars von Trier's...

  • 63
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Howard struggles with the role Kidman nailed. And the graphic nude scene in...

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Nothing von Trier presents here, whether real or imagined, is fresh or new.

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