Marc Mohan

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Portland Oregonian
For 771 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 65% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Marc Mohan's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Young@Heart
Lowest review score: 0 Cop Out
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 544 out of 771
  2. Mixed: 188 out of 771
  3. Negative: 39 out of 771
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Timbuktu
    Sissako, whose previous film, 2006's "Bamako," also tackled political issues with aplomb and complexity, doesn't need to craft an overwrought denunciation of ignorant fanaticism. The humanism with which he approaches both the perpetrators and the victims of the violence inherent in this petty, small-minded tyranny makes the strongest argument possible against the Boko Harams of the world.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Upstream Color
    Upstream Color culminates in a wordless final act that is among the most transcendent passages of pure cinema in memory.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Merchants of Doubt
    Merchants of Doubt is an important film. It's a riveting film, a necessary film, one that every American should see.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Square
    The whole thing unfolds with sadistic precision, but Edgerton's expert manipulation makes it a fun ride nonetheless.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Selma
    A film this heartfelt and intelligent about social justice will never be unimportant, but it feels especially relevant today.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Amour
    While what's on screen is unsparing and clinically presented, the underlying, almost invisible humanity and artistry of the film inspire rather than depress.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Winter Sleep
    The screenplay, which Ceylan and his wife Ebru based on short stories by Anton Chekhov, is wordy but insightful. The widescreen cinematography, capturing the natural wonders that make Cappadocia a popular tourist destination, is crisp in exterior shots and delicately shaded indoors. And the performances are never less than totally convincing.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Orphanage
    Reaches truly terrifying heights as it becomes clear how possible the worst outcome can be. Like "Pan's Labyrinth," this is a movie about children made very much for adults.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    West of Memphis
    West of Memphis does nothing to displace its predecessor films as masterpieces of investigative filmmaking, but complements them as a riveting capstone to an epic and tragic tale.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Into Great Silence
    You might not be able to picture yourself in such a life, but you'll be glad that it persists.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
    Throughout, Sophie exhibits the quality common to all of history's great martyrs, a preternatural calmness that perseveres despite (or perhaps because of) the inevitability of her doom.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Breathless
    The glory of "Breathless" lies less with its narrative, though, than with its style, a self-conscious blend of drawn-out conversational scenes and rapid-fire cuts of action. [14 Dec 2001]
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 77 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Philomena
    Effective, fact-based melodrama that packs an unexpected emotional wallop.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Tony Takitani
    A haunting, melancholy fable, Tony Takitani is the kind of film that could seem tedious from a mere description. Approached with the right mind-set, however, it's a hypnotic mood piece on love and loss, one that knows -- at 75 minutes -- not to overstay its welcome.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Battered Bastards of Baseball
    Behind the on-field shenanigans and eccentric personalities, there's a meatier story about the corporatization of sports and the disappearance of the barnstorming attitude Bing Russell took as a virtual religion.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Hero
    Perhaps the most beautiful film to hit Portland movie screens this year.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Saraband
    A joy to watch.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Summer Hours
    A keenly observed, typically high-quality family drama of the sort only the French seem capable of making anymore.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Song of the Sea
    If Song of the Sea had had the promotional muscle of Disney or Dreamworks behind it, it may have won this year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature instead of merely being nominated. It certainly would have deserved it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Silver Linings Playbook
    A funny, believable film about the ability of even the damaged and imperfect to earn a little happiness.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    20 Feet from Stardom
    20 Feet From Stardom spends time as well with Claudia Lennear, Táta Vega and Lisa Fischer. None of the three ever found much success as a solo artist, but you probably can't listen to a classic-rock radio station for a half-hour without hearing one of them backing up Joe Cocker, David Bowie, Tina Turner or the Rolling Stones.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Deep Water
    This was a story that made front pages in its day but has been largely lost to history, and now is brought bracingly and compellingly back to life.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Room
    Boosted by award-caliber performances and a perfectly struck tone, it becomes one of the more moving dramas of the year and an early, dark-horse award-season contender.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Phoenix
    German director Christian Petzold's new movie is a testament to the way textured performances and a skillfully woven script can entice a remarkable suspension of disbelief.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
    This compelling piece of historical detective work is, in fact, less about what people have done to the islands than about what living on the islands has done to people.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Fallen Idol (re-release)
    The result is a gripping film which, despite the annoying rugrat, demonstrates how part of leaving childhood behind is learning how and when to lie, and to do it well.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    A perfectly irreverent counterpoint to movies that take their superheroes a bit too seriously.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Snow Angels
    The result feels less like selling out than growing up.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Martha Marcy May Marlene
    It's a topic that's been handled in films before, perhaps most notably in Jane Campion's "Holy Smoke," but Durkin offers the most persuasively believable peek into the psyche of such a character I've ever seen.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Journey to the West
    Chow's specialty is over-the-top slapstick action in the Hong Kong style, and the new film doesn't disappoint on either count.
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