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Dan Mecca

Dan Mecca's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Ghost in the Machine (2026) 82% EDIT “Effective, dispiriting, and disappointingly mundane.” – The Film Stage Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Carousel (2026) 74% EDIT “Carousel is a movie out of time. Working with Chris Pine and Jenny Slate, writer-director Rachel Lambert has constructed a delicate, patient, slice-of-life picture recalling Murphy’s Romance or Starting Over. That this even got made feels special. ” – The Film Stage Jan 30, 2026 Full Review The Incomer (2026) 91% EDIT “Unfortunately, it all gets a bit repetitive. Local Hero this is not.” – The Film Stage Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Barbara Forever (2026) 100% EDIT “It often feels like a Barbara Hammer film itself while evolving into a sharp, clever montage that moves fast and entertains throughout. ” – The Film Stage Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Time and Water (2026) 91% EDIT “Time and Water is framed as a time capsule to be discovered by whoever survives the great, tragic changes to come. Dosa is a master of tone in the documentary space. ” – The Film Stage Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Soul Patrol (2026) 100% EDIT “J.M. Harper’s Soul Patrol is a compelling account of the Vietnam War’s first Black special operations team, told 50 years later. ” – The Film Stage Jan 26, 2026 Full Review American Doctor (2026) 100% EDIT “It can make one feel crazy to watch American Doctor and be reminded that there are many, many people who could watch this same footage and convince themselves that these deaths are casualties of war. ” – The Film Stage Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 23% EDIT “That this film––most likely [James L. Brooks'] final film––is optimistic about the little things that can still be done to help people might seem trite. It makes me sad that trite and hopeful occupy the same space these days.” – The Film Stage Dec 12, 2025 Full Review WTO/99 (2025) 83% EDIT “One of the more fascinating elements of the documentary WTO/99, directed by Ian Bell, is that while it visually feels like a relic, the political observations feel as predictive as they are reflexive. ” – The Film Stage Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Cutting Through Rocks (2025) 100% EDIT “Despite all of these obstacles, Cutting Through Rocks, like its subject, is resilient. The film is ultimately the sum of small, powerful moments.” – The Film Stage Nov 19, 2025 Full Review The Man Who Saves the World? (2025) 100% EDIT “The most interesting thing about Gabe Polsky’s new documentary The Man Who Saves the World? is that it is unsure of its intentions.” – The Film Stage Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 (2025) 82% EDIT “Orwell: 2+2=5, the new documentary from Raoul Peck, serves as a stark reminder of indisputable facts and the rate at which they are disappearing.” – The Film Stage Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Riefenstahl (2024) 97% EDIT “As we wade further into un-democratic waters in the United States, ceding more and more power to one man whose respect for the rule of law is limited at best, this documentary serves as a political statement all its own.” – The Film Stage Sep 3, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% EDIT “Baumbach is making his Fellini film, and it’s a joy to watch.” – The Film Stage Sep 1, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% EDIT “Hamnet is a great work of empathy and the best film Chloé Zhao has made by quite a wide margin.” – The Film Stage Aug 31, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% EDIT “In Ballad of a Small Player, we are given the gift of Colin Farrell overdoing it. Nobody overdoes it like Colin Farrell, and to take this for granted is a disservice.” – The Film Stage Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% EDIT “It’s effective, emotional, and a little staid and overwritten.” – The Film Stage Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Boys Go to Jupiter (2024) 93% EDIT “This film is often funny and sometimes introspective about this land of screens we find ourselves trapped inside. A bit long in the tooth at times, it is undeniably engaging and reliably weird.” – The Film Stage Aug 7, 2025 Full Review It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) 98% EDIT “An impressive archival document as well as a celebration of the life of a tortured artist. ” – The Film Stage Aug 6, 2025 Full Review She Rides Shotgun (2025) 88% EDIT “She Rides Shotgun ultimately succeeds by not overplaying its hand. The moments of violence are short and punctuated. The moments of revelation and forgiveness are relatively spartan.” – The Film Stage Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Folktales (2025) 85% EDIT “Folktales captures a crucial moment in the lives of these young adults amidst a very particular setting with stark, unblinking honesty.” – The Film Stage Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Imago (2025) EDIT “Imago is a fascinating document of a lost boy, conflicted on how he wants to be found. ” – The Film Stage May 30, 2025 Full Review Fight or Flight (2024) 76% EDIT “[Hartnett] leans into the cartoonishness a bit more than Brad Pitt does in Bullet Train (the clear blockbuster comp), and Fight of Flight works quite a bit better because of this. ” – The Film Stage May 6, 2025 Full Review The Legend of Ochi (2025) 76% EDIT “Saxon is a confident filmmaker with a clear eye. This goes a long way: it’s one thing to create a world, quite another to make that world feel like it’s been there all along, just waiting to be discovered. ” – The Film Stage Apr 18, 2025 Full Review Pet Shop Days (2023) 29% EDIT “Pet Shop Days is a nobly scathing piece of work, though the juice may not be worth the squeeze.” – The Film Stage Mar 14, 2025 Full Review
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