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Mirage (2006)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:9

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old first-time actor Marko Kovacevic delivers a riveting performance in this wrenching drama about the pain and pitfalls of false hope. Marko, who is from an abusive family, is also the... Twelve-year-old first-time actor Marko Kovacevic delivers a riveting performance in this wrenching drama about the pain and pitfalls of false hope. Marko, who is from an abusive family, is also the victim of his bullying schoolmates. He manages to find refuge in a beached train car and in his poetry. One of his teachers encourages his literary endeavors, but when the teacher falls prey to the same childish cruelties that torment Marko, the boy solicits the help of a violent mercenary instead. [More]


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Ristovski's debut feature is unremittingly grim and powerful.

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05/25/06
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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It is not often that one is confronted with a cinematic social statement so nihilistic and so devoid of hope -- not merely for an individual, but for the whole world around him.

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04/05/06
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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A tense, gripping drama that urges Macedonians to reject the empty platitudes and conflicts of the past for a bold new future vision, and succeeds showing how false hope can indeed be the opiate that keeps people from taking direct action.

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03/17/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Drab, despairing and pointless.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
03/17/06
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Marko is clearly a stand-in for an exhausted country, and the symbolism is, at times, oppressively heavy. But Ristovski needs us to feel his nation's torment, and he succeeds.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
03/17/06
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Though its downward trajectory may be obvious, the script is a marvel of clarity, economy and metaphor.

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03/16/06
Eddie Cockrell
Eddie Cockrell
Variety
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It's a grim look at the life of one boy in a country that, at least in Mr. Ristovski's view, seems to have nothing but grimness to offer.

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03/16/06
Neil Genzlinger
Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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Marko's story is far from novel, but its wicked evocation of hopelessness transcends any familiarities.

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03/14/06
Peter L'Official
Peter L'Official
Village Voice
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The social situation at the heart of 'Mirage/Iluzija' is so fraught with political implication that the film hits on both levels.

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03/12/06
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Svetozar Ristovski drags the corpse of Billy Elliott through sewer water in his appropriately titled Mirage--the film is so unreal, only a starved and weak-kneed cinesnob will be suckered in by it.

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03/08/06
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Disturbing and powerful.

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03/06/06
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
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