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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    • 55 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Old Goats
    [Guterson] has crafted a near-masterpiece of understated humor and empathy, demonstrating that, despite Hollywood's usual indifference, it's possible to make authentic, funny, engaging films about characters over the age of 50 who are neither grizzled hit men nor sassy grandmas.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Stoker
    Once Wentworth Miller's screenplay starts to provide answers for Charlie's mysterious menace, though, expectations are left unfulfilled.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Marc Mohan
    Reality
    Spoofing the pernicious effects of television, especially the so-called reality genre, doesn't require pinpoint aim, and at times Luciano seems as much a target of ridicule as the superficial, oversexed entertainment served up on the tube.
    • 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.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Oz the Great and Powerful
    Most of the time, though, it's a confusing mishmash featuring a fine actor too willfully operating outside his comfort zone.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    The Monk
    Not to be mistaken for a serious treatment of religious fervor or clerical corruption, The Monk is instead a knowingly over-the-top bit of gothic nuttiness.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 42 Marc Mohan
    Emperor
    It's almost too bad, then, that MacArthur and Jones take a back seat to the far less interesting Gen. Bonner Fellers in the stolid drama Emperor.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 42 Marc Mohan
    Jack the Giant Slayer
    As is, the slapstick humor and mild repartee won't please many with a mindset above that of a 10-year-old, while the level of (admittedly fantastical) violence might be a bit much for the pre-teen set.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Marc Mohan
    The Gatekeepers
    For a film that consists largely of a series of talking-head interviews, The Gatekeepers is a riveting a documentary.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 42 Marc Mohan
    Beautiful Creatures
    The film looks old-fashioned, too, with cinematography and special effects so reminiscent of old-school, live-action Disney flicks such as "Something Wicked This Way Comes" that you wonder if it was an aesthetic choice or a budgetary concession. Either way, it doesn't work.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Lore
    Shortland, whose only previous feature was 2004's coming-of-age drama "Somersault," creates a visceral, immersive environment and draws a very impressive performance from newcomer Saskia Rosendahl.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    Tabu
    The black-and-white cinematography and silent-film feel are haunting and nostalgic, and Aurora's story encapsulates a broader, bittersweet truth about the perils of tinted memory.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Side Effects
    By the time the satisfying conclusion rolls around, though, it proves to be much more about the ability of a world-class director to induce such willing suspension of disbelief that even the loopiest narrative developments seem like the most natural thing in the world.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 50 Marc Mohan
    Knife Fight
    It's a forgettable series of bullet points barely strung together by charismatic performances.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 25 Marc Mohan
    Stand Up Guys
    It's often said that actors with distinctive vocal styles could compellingly read the phone book -- in this case, it would absolutely be a more entertaining hour-and-a-half.
    • 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.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Quartet
    Despite all this hokum, Quartet is amusing and heartwarming.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Sister
    The style and subject matter recall the films of the Dardenne brothers, ("The Kid With a Bike") and while Sister never reaches the heights of their best work, it earns the comparison.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Marc Mohan
    Mama
    The visual design of Mama is effective, at least in small, quick doses. But those are about all the positives for this example of why a solid audition reel doesn't necessarily mean you're ready to churn out a feature.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    Zero Dark Thirty
    Viewers looking for a propagandistic take will be disappointed, but even those who doubt the overall framework and existence of the so-called War on Terror should appreciate this thrilling tale of the hunt for the world's most wanted man.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 42 Marc Mohan
    Gangster Squad
    Very few will remember it in a few months, which is probably just fine with the folks who made it.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    All Together
    The last time Jane Fonda acted in a French-language film, it was Jean-Luc Godard's radical 1972 effort "Tout Va Bien." It's fitting, then, that she fluently plays Jeanne, one of five aging leftists in this slight, but never frivolous, tale.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Impossible
    An extraordinarily gut-wrenching, intense story of survival against all odds.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Promised Land
    The rhetorically stacked deck, and some unconvincing third-act plot twists, get in the way of this movie's efforts to reach the cinematic promised land of true greatness.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Django Unchained
    Django doesn't have the razor-sharp chronological complexity of "Pulp Fiction," but it's ably paced. A very funny scene involving a proto-Ku Klux Klan lynch mob and their poorly made hoods nevertheless seems a bit out of place, but there's plenty of well-timed suspense.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 67 Marc Mohan
    Les Miserables
    The cinematic technique of director Tom Hooper tries to replicate the appeal which has drawn millions to stage performances, but comes up more than a little short. This version of Les Misérables simply doesn't sing.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 67 Marc Mohan
    This Is 40
    There are laughs to be found, as unfiltered improvisations on subjects such as Viagra, home electronics, pot cookies and the end of "Lost" come fast and furious.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 67 Marc Mohan
    Hyde Park on Hudson
    Unfortunately, the movie isn't a real success, as director Roger Michell ("Notting Hill") is both too ambitious in the story he tries to tell and not ambitious enough in the way he tells it.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    The Big Picture
    A decent-enough treat for fans of this particular Gallic genre.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    The Central Park Five
    If there's one thing missing, it's a sense of purposeful, immediate outrage. You can't help but wonder why this film wasn't made 20 years ago, when it could have saved these men some time behind bars.
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