A Good Man?
2017 · 7m
Directed by Mark Mohn
Tones: contemplative, dark
A man whose rough appearance invites instant judgment upends first impressions, in a short about how demeanor misleads and character surprises.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The premise reads like every 'don't judge a book' PSA ever made, and Mohn doesn't subvert it—he plays it straight, which is precisely the kind of consensus crowd-pleaser that puts me to sleep.
A competent exercise in narrative misdirection with roots in the moral-parable tradition, though the execution feels more procedural than formally ambitious—well-constructed but not especially distinguished in its lineage.
What hooks here is the performance choice: the way Mohn lets his character's physicality do the lying before language arrives, a single sustained act of restraint that transforms a familiar reversal into something tactile and earned.
Reviews
How long does it take you to form the first impression? Minutes, perhaps?