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
771 movie reviews
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    • 31 Metascore
    • 0 Marc Mohan
    Cop Out
    Cop Out wouldn't be as disappointing if it hadn't been made by Smith, but for those who dig the vulgar wit of his early, funny films, it's not just stupid, it's sad. At least the worst film of the year also bears its most forgettable title.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
    What really separates Zatoichi from a run-of-the-mill action pic is the sense of humor -- and even more than that, the sense of fun -- that Kitano brings to it.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 58 Marc Mohan
    Keeping Mum
    Moderately amusing.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Is Anybody There?
    A kid-meets-curmudgeon comedy that transcends its formulaic skeleton thanks both to the veteran actor's charm and a smarter-than-average screenplay.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 58 Marc Mohan
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    If the two most gorgeous people in the world alternately bantering and making out isn't enough to compel the attention of the average American moviegoer, then we are truly doomed.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    The Bridge
    While these interviews are affecting, and the movie talks about suicide in a refreshingly straightforward manner, it's the images of these actual deaths that induce horrified gasps.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 25 Marc Mohan
    Gray Matters
    Nothing shakes this pathetic attempt at humor from its self-satisfied torpor.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Marc Mohan
    Winter's Bone
    With a level-gazed approach to its milieu, empathetic but clear-eyed, Winter's Bone practically makes up for 40 years of "Deliverance"-style hillbilly cartoons.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Mutual Appreciation
    The halting dialogue, full of awkward pauses and restarts, seems improvised in the way that only carefully scripted material can.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    The Boss of It All
    The first of von Trier's efforts to be certifiably farcical.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Marc Mohan
    Goodbye Solo
    The acting is flawless, the world feels utterly real, and the finale accomplishes the miracle of finding in the everyday world something profound.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 58 Marc Mohan
    Swing Vote
    If the title hadn't already been taken by another equally strained recent comedy, the new Kevin Costner vehicle could have been dubbed "Idiocracy."
    • 31 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Garden Party
    More a collection of character vignettes than a full-blown story, Garden Party nonetheless shows as much promise for its makers as it gives to its characters.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
    A twisty, darkly comic story of greed, betrayal and murderous misunderstandings.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 50 Marc Mohan
    2012
    Although 2012 is what they call "critic-proof," it's not immune to analysis. It depicts a world where no one, man or God, has much say in what happens to the planet, and where the survival of one family outweighs the deaths of billions.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    The Agronomist
    The film verges on hagiography as one interviewee after another testifies to Dominique's positive influence on his nation, but in this case the cynical notion that there must be another side to the story is easy to tamp down.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Marc Mohan
    Of Mice and Men
    The movie was solidly directed by Hollywood vet Lewis Milestone [All Quiet on the Western Front], but it's the performances by the two leads that takes it to another level. [23 Mar 2001]
    • Portland Oregonian
    • 41 Metascore
    • 67 Marc Mohan
    Torque
    The movie is simple fun.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    Romance & Cigarettes
    This is a movie that, off-putting as it can be at times, deserves to be seen and heard in a theater, if only to observe the reactions of others to the hilarious gutter talk coming out of Winslet's mouth.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    My Architect
    The most telling moment comes when his mother reveals that, despite all the subterfuge and false promises, she wouldn't have had it any other way.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Marc Mohan
    The Bread, My Sweet
    The plot is straight off the shelf, the performances are television-caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy. Then again, that formula resulted in record-breaking ticket sales for "Greek Wedding."
    • 30 Metascore
    • 58 Marc Mohan
    The Butterfly Effect
    Isn't a complete waste of time. If Kutcher seeks to transition from national joke to lightweight actor, he's made a decent stab at it.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Miracle
    Ordinary folks working together to triumph over incredible odds, depicted in a Disney film that doesn't overdose on sentiment? That's the real miracle.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    Baadasssss!
    Compelling both as a chronicle of guerrilla filmmaking and as a son's movie about his father, it presents a clear-eyed, warts-and-all view of artistic obsession.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Marc Mohan
    Open Water
    A fascinating experiment in both filmmaking technology and narrative style, but one that can be counted a success only in limited ways.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    Japanese Story
    Collette proves herself worthy of carrying a movie with a performance that runs the gamut of human emotion without striking one false note.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 100 Marc Mohan
    Schultze Gets the Blues
    This deadpan ode to living life to its fullest could be the ultimate crowd-pleaser at this year's PIFF.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 91 Marc Mohan
    Knafayim Shvurot
    This story could take place anywhere there are families struggling to remake themselves in the aftermath of tragedy; its universality is perhaps the most potent political message of all.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Marc Mohan
    Big Fan
    Oswalt sells Auferio's pasty indecision and makes him a more sympathetic figure than he has any right to be.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 58 Marc Mohan
    Zombie Honeymoon
    Made with a slapdash non-style that doesn't seem quite lame enough to have been intentional, this aptly titled low-budget horror comedy serves up tame amounts of both guts and gut-busters.
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