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Mask (1985)

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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 1

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This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle buddies, but treated with pity, condescension, and disgust by much of the outside world. The local high school principal tries to get Rocky classified as brain-damaged so he won't have to enroll the boy in his school,

Oct 10, 2000

MCA Universal Home Video

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All Critics (29) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (25) | Rotten (2) | DVD (12)

The film's undeniable impact comes from Bogdanovich's willingness to go too far with practically every emotional moment, while maintaining a distant, classical visual style that gives the film a surface dignity and reserve.

July 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
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Bogdanovich invests the story with warmth, generosity and considerable power.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
Time Out
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A wonderful movie, a story of high spirits and hope and courage.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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One of those movies that try so hard to get their supposedly universal message across that they are likely to put your teeth on edge more often than they bring one little, lonely teardrop to the eye.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment (1)
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Exremely well acted family melodrama about a disfigured boy that in the hands of another director could have been a schmaltzy TV Movie of the Week

April 16, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

Complex, moving story most appropriate for teens.

December 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

unforgettable.

October 25, 2007
ColeSmithey.com

A good movie that could have been a great one with a little more restraint.

July 18, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Three great performances (and some great make-up) anchor this tale of facial deformity.

April 3, 2005
eFilmCritic.com

A modest film by most stretches, but exquisite acting by Cher, Stoltz, and Laura Dern make it truly special.

August 29, 2004
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An uplifting portrait of one disabled person and his beautiful spirit.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Spirituality and Practice

Moving story of a disability. Stolz and Cher are outstanding.

July 14, 2003
About.com

First-rate true-life drama; Cher is outstanding

July 2, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette

Quirky, touching drama.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

This is not a typical 'disease of the week' movie about someone triumphing over adversity. It is a far more complex and moving story about two people who love and care for and about each other.

September 26, 2002
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Audience Reviews for Mask

A movie with a lot a heart. But sadly nobody wants to watch such a sad story ever again.
May 9, 2011
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Jim Careter

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Unlike the tale of the handsome prince who exists inside a toad, ''Mask'' is a movie whose ugly exterior hides not a beautiful soul but a sentimental one...
January 9, 2009
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