2016
R
A24
1 h 33 m

2016
R
A24
1 h 33 m

Summary Thomas (Garrett Hedlund), a brilliant, near-suicidal artist, attempts to escape his privileged existence into the desert only to encounter a homicidal, chameleon-like drifter—Jack (Oscar Isaac). Their first encounter at a campfire sets up a nonstop, violent duel of physical and intellectual equals. The game intensifies when Jack, while i...

Directed By: William Monahan

Written By: William Monahan

2016
R
A24
1 h 33 m

2016
R
A24
1 h 33 m

Mojave

Name: Mojave
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2016-01-22
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Rating: 41
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Cletus Young, Tim Soergel

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings

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Directed By: William Monahan

Written By: William Monahan

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Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews

26% Positive
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39% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews

26% Positive
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Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 21, 2016

This movie soars on the strength of the screenplay. Monahan gives Hedlund and in particular Isaac dozens upon dozens of rich, intricate lines, and they’re both up to the task and then some. Isaac is an actor who is not afraid to go big or go home, but in Mojave, his finest moments are relatively quiet and sublime. Every inch of his performance is pure excellence.

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IndieWire

Apr 23, 2015

The overarching problem with Mojave is that the two tones don't mesh well together, to the point where it seems Monaghan can't decide if he wants to make an ominous neo-western or a dark satire. Fortunately, the filmmaker's committed lead actors make some of the storytelling issues bearable.

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The Playlist

Apr 22, 2015

A weird, uneven mixed bag, there’s much about Mojave that’s paradoxically maddening and doesn’t really add up. As the movie plot becomes less interesting and more straight-forward — like a slasher movie with the evil antagonist character slowly closing in on the hero — it becomes funnier and more purely enjoyable.

By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

Jan 20, 2016

By turns inert and logorrheic, William Monahan’s pseudo-intellectual nut-scratcher Mojave is a movie of barely furnished mansions and lens flare-speckled landscapes.

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The Seattle Times

Jan 23, 2016

In the cast, only Isaac makes a vivid impression, in a swaggery, relaxed turn that seems to imply that he’s in on the joke, or at least having a good time.

By Moira Macdonald FULL REVIEW

Variety

Jan 20, 2016

Monahan isn’t required to satisfy bloodlust or to pay off conventional plot points, even if his screenplay for “The Departed” displayed an abundant talent for doing so. But he assumes too much in believing that the audience will connect in any way with a sour, prickly narcissist who’s trapped in the gilded cage of wealth and fame.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

Observer

Jan 20, 2016

Mojave is 93 minutes of gibberish with guns and phony literary pretentiousness about two thugs in a duel of weapons and words that goes nowhere fast.

By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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55% Mixed
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27% Negative
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Production Company Atlas Independent, Henceforth Pictures, MICA Entertainment

Release Date Jan 22, 2016

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating R

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Jack

Garrett Hedlund

Tom

Louise Bourgoin

Milly

Cletus Young

Old-Timer

Tim Soergel

Park Ranger

Ralph Brannen

Town Car Driver

Walton Goggins

Jim

Niall Madden

Eddy

Fran Kranz

Bob

Matt Jones

Insane Doorman

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Ron Duncan

Mal

Oliver Cooper

Nick

Candice Rodrigo

Young Female Deputy

Frank Miranda

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Christopher Neiman

Bald Producer

Vivis Colombetti

Belén

Adam Villacin

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Hayley Magnus

Mary

Amber Hergen

Gillian

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