MandyReviews 610

This set up is all about making money. You register - FOR FREE! But that means nothing. They will send you emails saying people have viewed your profile, you gett all excited; could this be the beginning of my big break? But if you actually want to see who, guess what? Correct! You have to upgrade to premium membership and pay them.
They are just another parasite out there preying on the hopes and dreams of people who want to get into the nasty business that is showbusiness. I have personally given up trying as I don't like what I have seen.

I am a student filmmaker and recently attempted to post an acting job on Mandy. The post was approved and I was able to view the applicants. However, the next day, before I was able to reach out to any of the actors, my post was inexplicably deleted. It is nowhere to be found anywhere on the website, as if it were never posted. This all happened in the space of about three days so I don't think it had to do with the post expiring or something. This is extremely frustrating and I will definitely not be using Mandy again.

I opened an account hoping to get some (voice) acting gigs, but only AFTER I opened an account and tried to apply for a paid job did they mention there's a little something called Premium account, which is required to apply for paid jobs! As someone said, I shouldn't have to pay to look and apply for jobs, what the hell? Also, I got an offer for short voice acting saying my phone recording sent through messaging will be fine, and I have no means to verify if the guy is serious about it, if he'll just take a recording without paying (bad scenario) or if he'll misuse my voice (in worst-case scenario)? How does Mandy protect people in such cases?!

I first got on to Mandy several years ago.
My story is that I wanted to break into the business and had a friend suggest me this website for Jobs and Auditions.

Like is our nature as performers, I had a slight apprehension of its reliability, yet quickly proven wrong. Right away I began to at least get noticed and called in to rooms.

Look at it this way, if you get just ONE job off of it, it will more than pay for your subscription fee.

That's it, I was hooked and it's an Immensely useful tool for an unrepresented actor to start working and gain experience. It has grown as a site since I joined and become very User friendly.

It's worth the money because it makes YOU money.

Carry on Mandy :)

I think its a great site if you can afford it. This is an investment like anything in life. I personally can't at this time which I think is the main issue, as well as many of the posts require that you have a super high end camera such as a cinema camera and your own audio gear and lights. If we can barely afford the membership, how the heck would we afford the gear?
Had the gear been provided in most of this and the client take care of the cost as well as transportation and a per diem, then perhaps it might be more appealing.
I would love to rejoin if I had the equipment, or even if the above was provided that all I had to do is show up, do the work, get paid, go home. Then I could definitely see investing more into this.