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Mirage
Picture This! Entertainment

Mirage reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 61 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.8 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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based on 12 votes
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Marko Kovacevic, Vlado Jovanovski, Mustafa Nadarevic, Dejan Acimovic, Nikola Djuricko, Nikola Hejko, Martin Jovchevski, Slavica Manaskova, and Elena Mosevska

Tortured by a tumultuous home life and school bullies, young Marko finds hope when his teacher encourages him to enter a poetry competition in Paris. But when the teacher cowers before the same bullies and eventually dashes the boy's hopes and dreams, Marko seeks guidance from another role model: a mercenary who tells him in life one must "either eat or be eaten." (Picture This! Entertainment)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Svetozar Ristovski
Grace Lea Troje
 
DIRECTED BY: Svetozar Ristovski  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: March 17, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 107 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Republic of Macedonia 
LANGUAGE(S): Macedonian / Albanian (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Iluzija"

What The Critics Said

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80
Variety Eddie Cockrell
Superbly modulated yet unrelentingly grim, Mirage builds upon a remarkable performance from young Macedonian newcomer Marko Kovacevic to tell the tragic tale of a talented schoolboy driven to violence through neglect and manipulation.
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75
TV Guide Ken Fox
You just know that any film that opens with Nietzsche's aphorism about hope being an evil that only prolongs the torments of man isn't going to a comedy.
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70
Village Voice Peter L'Official
Marko's story is far from novel, but its wicked evocation of hopelessness transcends any familiarities.
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70
Film Threat Phil Hall
The true power of the film comes from young Marko Kovacevic, who plays the poetic child lost in a family and culture where poetry has no meaning.
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63
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Ristovski needs us to feel his nation's torment, and he succeeds.
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60
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
Mr. Ristovski's story (written with Grace Lea Troje) feels a bit underdeveloped, partly because he uses too many lingering, silent shots of Marko and doesn't give the boy much of a voice.
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50
The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Ristovski wants the plight of a bullied moppet to serve as a sweeping metaphor for Macedonian struggle, but his miserablist excesses have the effect of converting realism into a graphic cartoon.
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38
New York Post Kyle Smith
Drab, despairing and pointless.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ron gave it a10:
A relentlessly grim story that leads to a shockingly violent ending. Remarkable performance by the young newcomer Marko Kovacevic.

Michael B. gave it a10:
Marko Kovacevic gives a great perf of this dark film which should become required viewing of teachers and parents.

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