We’re joined by Andrew Morgan of The NOMcast, the Netflix Original Movie Podcast, and this is part 3 of 4 in our Mank Miniseries, where we review the addictive new David Fincher film and discuss all its Oscar chances. As always, there’s a non-spoiler section first.

MANK REVIEW:

Finishing Up The Mank/Fincher Story - Top of Show

Critic Scores/Plot Premise - 3:40

NONSPOILER REVIEW:

Expectations/Theater vs Home Viewing - 5:25

Script Thoughts:

Themes + Scenes - 14:45

Difficult First Watch - 18:23

Dialogue - 20:45

The 2020 Comparison - 27:00

Production Values/Cinematography - 32:47

(Is This a “Fincher Feel?” - 38:58)

Score - 41:13

Performances:

Oldman as Mank - 43:03

Amanda Seyfried + Supporting Perfs - 52:50

(inca: A Unique Hearst Portrayal)

How Many Noms?/Does It FEEL Like a 10+ Nom Film? - 59:13

SPOILER WARNING - 1:04:02

SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW:

A Man, His Monkey, + His Master - 1:05:12

Best: Fake News! - 1:11:45

Lowlight: The End, End - 1:14:34

Lowlight: Sinclair + RoseButt - 1:18:00

Best: Forgive Me, Remember Trump - 1:24:24

FINAL GRADES - 1:27:45

(And Mank vs Chicago Seven)

Bonus: Should This Have Been Linear? - 1:31:33

Your Homework/Our + Andrew’s Socials - 1:35:40

Words of Wisdom - 1:36:31

We studied the hell out of this movie, and don’t miss hearing the rest of our research as we presented a bunch of it in the past two episodes covering Citizen Kane and The Social Network. But it’s now time for the main event, our review of Mank. To begin, we finish the Jack & David Fincher story before analyzing everything about this dream collaboration between father & son. There’s a non-spoiler section first, where we build up to our Oscars conversation on the many nominations we think Mank will get before we give you a spoiler warning and dive into the plot.

Andrew Morgan of the NOMcast, the Netflix Original Movie podcast returns for another crossover, and we do bookend things with some more talk on the overall the Netflix awards slate. Otherwise, we encourage you to go back to our previous team-ups, we recommend you follow Andrew at nomcastpod on all his social media accounts, and do make sure you subscribe to The NOMcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As for the rest of this Mank Miniseries, we chronicled the relevant history involving the brothers Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, William Randolph Hearst, and Marion Davies while we reviewed Citizen Kane in episode 1. Then we enjoyed a bio and filmography conversation about Jack and David Fincher before reviewing The Social Network in episode 2. Now in episode 3, we connect the thematic triangle among these films with Mank before putting a bow on this series in episode 4 with a Fincher Awards show to celebrate and recap all his great work.

As always, our non-spoiler section reviews the script, direction, ensemble, and product values before diving into a full Oscars conversation. Then after a spoiler warning, it’s time to break down this cinnamon bun styled plot. So if you had trouble following the timelines, if you want more context on the historical figures, and if you need analysis from 3 obsessed film critics, then this is the show for you. Click play on your Netflix and join us for this humongous film study.

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