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MirrorMask
Sony Pictures Entertainment
MPAA RATING: PG for some mild thematic elements and scary images
Starring
Stephanie Leonidas,
Gina McKee,
Rob Brydon,
Jason Barry,
Dora Bryan,
Robert Llewellyn,
Andy Hamilton, Fiona Reynard,
and
Nik Robson
MirrorMask is the story of Helena, a fifteen-year-old girl working for her family circus, who wishes -- quite ironically -- that she could run away from the circus and join real life. (The Jim Henson Company)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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Fantasy
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Sci-fi
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Neil Gaiman (teleplay and story)
Dave McKean (story)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Dave McKean
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 7, 2006
Theatrical: September 30, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
101 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
UK / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
This dazzling reverie of a kids-and-adults movie, an unusual collaboration between lord-of-the-cult multimedia artist Dave McKean and king-of-the-comics Neil Gaiman (The Sandman), has something to astonish everyone.

91
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Mirrormask is a gorgeous psychedelic cameo of a movie.

80
The Hollywood Reporter
James Greenberg
If "The Wizard of Oz" were reborn in the 21st century, it might look a lot like MirrorMask. A product of the Jim Henson laboratory, the film is endlessly inventive with creativity to burn.

75
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
At best, Helena's wiggy adventures recall such Jean Cocteau films as "Orpheus" and "Blood of a Poet." At worst, they resemble the Vegas act of Cirque du Soleil.

75
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Though the story meanders, the film's look is nothing short of breathtaking.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego
Richly inventive.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Not everyone's cup of tea, but a strong, heady brew.

70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
Episodic, detached, and lacking in drive, but packed with amazing, hallucinatory dream-imagery that makes real dreams look flat by comparison.

70
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
The movie combines drawings, photos, hazy filters, superimpositions and computer effects into a pastiche both beautiful and disturbing.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
If you're not already smitten with all things Gaiman, you may well find yourself, like Helena, a stranger in a strange land.

63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Too strange and disjointed to attract much of an audience, but its astonishing visuals showcase a major new talent: first-time feature director and book illustrator Dave McKean.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
The surreal visuals are relentless, overpowering the narrative much as they do in the frames of comic books (sorry, graphic novels).

60
Empire
Helen O'Hara
A truly unique fantasy, McKean’s screen debut is tangled but promising.

60
Film Threat
Heidi Martinuzzi
What it makes up for with sheer visual magic it lacks in coherent plotline.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
What remains is a sumptuous-looking film that sniffs at but ignores deeper Freudian implications.

50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The narrative is simplistic and lacking in energy, and the characters are sketched instead of fully formed.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Watching MirrorMask, I suspected the filmmakers began with a lot of ideas about how the movie should look, but without a clue about pacing, plotting or destination.

50
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
It's hollow.

50
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Crafted by hand and computer, Mirrormask is as breathtakingly beautiful to behold as it is tedious to slog through.

50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Like many dreams, you won't remember it when you wake up. The style obliterates any emotional attachment.

50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Like the recent Japanese import "Steamboy," this is worth seeing for the artwork alone, but it's so furiously overimagined it may leave you feeling dulled.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
The teenager's journey through a nightmarish reverie presents hallucinogenic imagery that simultaneously dulls the senses and hot-wires the imagination, but it never fully engages emotionally.

50
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Astonishing and frustrating, the fusion of live action and computer animation created by the Jim Henson Company in MirrorMask is an example of too much lavished on too little.

40
Variety
Scott Foundas
Emerges as an overproduced novelty pic that looks and feels more like a company promo reel than an engaging piece of storytelling.

40
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
The film galumphs along in static panels, prioritizing flash over thought, hyperextending a story that would barely sustain a children's picture book.

38
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Aggressive visual invention is rarely its own reward, and this movie does nothing to better the odds.

30
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
So single-minded in its reach for fantasy, it becomes the genre's evil opposite: banality.


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