It is so fresh, so bold and so fantastical on the visual plane that it seems to re-invent the language of dreams and widen the possibilities of fantasy storytelling.
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10/28/05
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MirrorMask (2005)
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Reviews Counted:85
Fresh:45
Rotten:40
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: While visually dazzling, there isn't enough story to hang all the fancy effects on.
Theatrical Release:Sep 30, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $802,961
Synopsis: Reminiscent of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and LABYRINTH, MIRRORMASK is a fantasy tale of an intelligent young girl on a journey through a magical world. It is also a visually astounding piece of... [More]
Starring: Stephanie Leonidas, Dora Bryan, Gina McKee, Rob Brydon
Director: Dave McKean
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Reviews for MirrorMask
Leonidas walks this tightrope quite engagingly, showing us a girl on the cusp of womanhood, torn between two competing needs -- to become an adult, to remain a child, to vilify, to revere.
10/28/05
None of the exceptionally designed characters have a soul that stirs the senses.
10/27/05
McKean's inexperience as a director trips the film. There is so much going on that the viewer can't take in all the imagery, and McKean's devotion to his skewed vision slows the story to a crawl.
10/27/05
This strange, imaginative children's adventure has a fantastic visual sense that looks like nothing you've seen
10/27/05
Too long, and too rich, for its own good, but clearly Gaiman and McKean were bursting with ideas. Those ideas fly all over the place, sometimes landing with a thunk, but more often taking the breath away.
10/21/05
A 30-minute idea wrapped in a 100-minute movie. It's a jewel box filled with cubic zirconia.
10/21/05
The narrative is simplistic and lacking in energy, and the characters are sketched instead of fully formed.
10/21/05
Top CriticThe story is such a mess, it's no wonder so many characters are running around hiding their faces.
10/20/05
Luscious evidence that the look of modern fantasy cinema can amount to more than bald-faced Tim Burton swipes arriving 15 years after the fact.
10/20/05
It's a near-flawless marriage of content and form, a movie that kids, adults and graduate students of computer imagery will all have their own reasons to love.
10/13/05
Emotionally direct and visually baroque, MirrorMask reminded me of Queen's epic songs, which find over-the-top ways to explore everyday situations.
10/13/05
Many graphic novels are being turned into movies these days. MirrorMask is a movie that would work better as a graphic novel.
10/13/05
An ideal cerebral escape for that advanced learner in your family who’s biding time between Eragon and Harry Potter novels.
10/13/05
Shows plenty of visual imagination but is totally devoid of charm, wit or emotional resonance.
10/09/05
looks as amazing as anything onscreen this year.
10/08/05
With its mind-numbing excess of digital imagery and lack of compensatory storytelling, MirrorMask suggests that something of Gaiman's is getting lost in translation.
10/07/05
A muddled and maudlin mystery tale that has little emotional impact and can't deliver on its potential.
10/06/05
Gaiman's vision for the film is cluttered, but commendably ambitious, and he succeeds more than he fails in crafting an adventure/fantasy for thinking audiences.
10/06/05
A unique new world, crammed to the gills with invention, which comes off as almost completely static. A fantasy can be a lot of things, but dull shouldn't be one of them.
10/06/05
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