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Mirage

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Mirage reviews
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9.8 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 8 critic reviews
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Based on 12 votes
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Movie Info

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)

Summary

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)

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

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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