Mark Harris
Mark Harris's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
House (1977)
91%
“House’s spirit of “let’s pretend” goes too far. This isn’t just make-believe. This is out-and-out indifference.” –
Georgia Straight
Sep 27, 2022
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Up the Down Staircase (1967)
78%
“Up the Down Staircase remains a fascinating snapshot of an evolving film culture and of an evolving city, as revealing for what it can’t show as for what it can.” –
Film Comment Magazine
May 4, 2022
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Immortals (2011)
50%
“The film is fast-paced and the dialogue doesn't make your ears bleed... For incidental pleasures like these, I'm willing to forgive a swashbuckler a great deal of heterodox stupidity.” –
Georgia Straight
Dec 21, 2021
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Mark Twain and Me (1991)
C
“As a coming-of-age drama, Mark Twain and Me is sensitive and handsomely made, but any movie that reduces Mark Twain to a plot device has some growing up of its own to do.” –
Entertainment Weekly
Sep 26, 2019
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The Fountain (2006)
52%
“Told in nonlinear fashion, the story keeps us waiting for revelations about what's really going on -- but these are few and far between. This problem is exacerbated by the artificiality of just about everything that we see.” –
Georgia Straight
Nov 5, 2018
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Breaking the Waves (1996)
85%
“Formally, the film is a tour de force. As it is stylistically, so is it thematically.” –
Georgia Straight
Jul 7, 2010
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
87%
“The Usual Suspects expertly combines the complicated narrative structure of D.O.A. with the quirky, hard-boiled characters of Pickup on South Street.” –
Georgia Straight
Jul 6, 2010
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Rhapsody in August (1991)
60%
“Rhapsody in August is an old man's film in the best possible sense. Though it stares death straight in the face, it is primarily interested in life.” –
Georgia Straight
Jul 6, 2010
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A Christmas Tale (2008)
86%
“There isn't a convincing note in the entire film, but there's no denying that each bit of dramatic fakery glitters and hums. A bit like Christmas itself, actually, which might just be the point.” –
Georgia Straight
Jul 6, 2010
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
97%
A-
“Polanski worked with an elegant restraint that less talented filmmakers have been trying to mimic ever since.” –
Entertainment Weekly
Feb 12, 2009
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A Good Year (2006)
26%
“Ultimately, though, the odd witty line and scads of eye candy can’t compensate for a lack of dramatic dynamism or a cast that just isn’t very funny. ” –
Georgia Straight
Nov 18, 2006
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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
76%
“Flags of Our Fathers is, at best, only a partial success. This said, there is no denying that the film does demonstrate a quiet dignity throughout, as well as occasional moments of muted but powerful emotion.” –
Georgia Straight
Oct 29, 2006
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Merry Christmas (2005)
74%
“Although such a scenario opens the door to massive amounts of cliché and sentimentality, the writer-director of this piece skillfully avoids every possible pitfall, stoutly resisting the temptation to fall mushily in.” –
Georgia Straight
Apr 1, 2006
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The Village (2004)
43%
B-
“What really lurks within those woods is (fear not: no spoilers here) a very mixed bag.” –
Entertainment Weekly
Jul 28, 2004
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Forrest Gump (1994)
75%
C
“Reduces the tumult of the last few decades to a virtual-reality theme park: a baby-boomer version of Disney's America.” –
Entertainment Weekly
Jul 6, 1994
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