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Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

michaeltrivedi I don't know what it is about cool Los Angeles movies, with the main protagonist being a lost soul who comes to some epiphany at the end of the movie, however small or minuscule it may be. They somehow give me, as a LA native, something to strive for, or comfort in being exactly who I am. Like Malick's Knight of Cups or Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, Mojave hits all the right spots for this movie addict.The story is philosophical in many places, and highlights the highs and lows of man. The film ends with the protagonist reading a book to his daughter, reflecting whether the good or the bad of a man's character is examined by others throughout their lives. A great way to end a story of murder and manipulation.I am not a reviewer to really discuss the plot lines of a movie. But I can say that the same writer for The Departed, William Monahan, had written and directed this, giving it credibility in my book. I am eager to check out his other work as well.I give this an 8, but in my mind it deserves more. It was a great watch on a random night. Forget what the other critics say, it's a terrific ride, another story about the City of Angels.8 Stars

carollaw51-41-56256 I viewed this film last night and did have high hopes for it,but instead felt very let down from the start to finish. The acting was good and the location interesting but the biggest let down for me was the script and the way the main two actors mumbled it and yes i mean mumbled as there were times i couldn't quite get what they were saying to one another,i know their characters were supposed to be moody but i would have preferred if they spoke a bit sharper. Another problem i had with the film was that i really didn't care less about any of the characters not one central character was decent and worth rooting for apart from the poor little dog who got abandoned half way through the film. We never got to know anything about the characters and why they had become how they were,and the drifter character who was supposedly the more hardcore man came across as weak and idiotic,and you began to wonder how he could ever had survived on his own out in the desert for so long,a spoilt Hollywood star could run rings around him.The ending of the film really came to nothing,so it was all a bit of a waste of time. I could go on but i really cant see the point,if you watch this film just don't expect much of it to make much sense.

Prismark10 This is a misfire from Oscar winning screenwriter William Monahan. In Mojave, Thomas (Garrett Hedlund) a successful but jaded artist in the movie business meets a mysterious drifter, Jack (Oscar Isaac) out in the desert. Jack is a Shakespeare spouting sociopath and once he finds out that Thomas is wealthy, he torments him leading to an accidental death of an innocent.Jack then goes after Thomas back in Los Angeles trying to disrupt his privileged life now he knows Thomas has something to hide. It is a murky, existential thriller with hard boiled dialogue and unlikable characters as well as a satire on Hollywood lifestyles with Walton Goggins and Mark Wahlberg making cameo appearances in this underdeveloped film.

Seth_Rogue_One Man this was not very good at all.First of all the movie is really boring (thriller as a genre is but a mere technicality here as this is so low on suspense it's not even funny).Secondly, all the characters, every single one of them is a arrogant douche.The 'bad guy' (played by Oscar Isaac) is more annoying than he is frightening, often going on about philosophical rambles that seemingly lead nowhere or make much sense, he sure does seem to like the sound of his voice because all he seem to do except for killing here and there is talk talk and talk.Mark Whalberg has a smaller role (ca 4 scenes) and he plays an arrogant douche (surprise) who happens to be a Hollywood superstar actor and I must say that this is probably the worst acting I've seen of his, seems almost like he thinks the movie is a comedy based on how he plays the role but the problem is he has no funny lines.Garret Hedlund is the lead as the guy I suppose you are meant to root for (and probably the one who got Mark to sign on to doing this in the first place, both were in the superior 'Four Brothers') and although I think that Garret is a good actor, this is not the movie to showcase that for sure.And overall just a pretty confusing story that doesn't seem to make any sense whatsoever and annoys more than it intrigues, so yeah, a disappointing movie to say the least.Also I'd like to add that the current plotdescription about it being about someone meeting a doppelganger is completely false, and don't know who wrote that or was he/she was thinking.