MirrorMask (2005)
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)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Dave McKean
Written By: Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Starring: Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon, Gina Mckee, Dora Bryan, Lenny Henry, Stephanie Leonidas, Robert Llewellyn, Jason Barry, Andy Hamilton, Rick Allen, Fiona Reynard, Nik Robson
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Adventure
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MirrorMask belongs to 21 collections
1. Surreal (collaborative - 47 stars)
2. Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen (collaborative: moderated by katsuben - 12 stars)
3. Fantastic and surreal (public: juandr - 9 stars)
4. Mindfuck, surreal, strange and weird films (List by André "BadSmile" Byman) (public: stalebread - 8 stars)
5. Circus / Carnival (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 6 stars)
6. THE WORLDWIDE CELLULOID MASSACRE: Recommended (collaborative: moderated by edkrak - 6 stars)
7. Lucid Dreams (collaborative: moderated by Grit - 5 stars)
8. Dream/Fantasy/Hallucination Sequence (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 4 stars)
9. Capsules, guest reviews, list candidates... (366weirdmovies) (collaborative: moderated by sesito71 - 4 stars)
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11. Doppelgänger (collaborative: moderated by Sunsplitter - 2 stars)
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13. Alternative reality (collaborative: moderated by siweq86 - 1 star)
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MartinTeller | 72 41st |
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Your typical "down the rabbit's hole" children's story... a dreamworld with lot of oddball stuff going on that has analogues in reality. The art direction is really striking, though. It's amazing what they're doing with computers these days.
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krytonix | 60 32nd |
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Dave McKean's visuals are incredible (as always), but the characters were completely one dimensional and the meandering adventure seemed pointless. Watch it for McKean's art.
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Tripwyre | 54 34th |
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The talent involved with this would lead you to believe it's a much better film than it actually is. What a shame too, because Dave McKean does manage to create some real "wow" moments, visually. It's just that the story he came up with with Neil Gaiman is completely flat. It starts to come together a bit in the second half, but damn(!) the first hour is boring. Though beautiful, the movie feels ultimately pointless, but the visuals make it recommendable.
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Luna6ix | 88 95th |
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it befuddles me how a neil gaiman story has not breached america before this, having seen his previous graphic novels, he warrents more than this. also on account of the henson company how did this not get at least a top box-office for its time? it had good acting, uttterly amazing writing and such an amazing story as to put it up with the greats. not to mention an excellent soundtrack.
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chemical404 | 57 51st |
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An eye candy with very little story back-bone to back up amazing art design and fun cgi animation. Few years later another very similar story by Gaiman was picked up by Hollywood, and I feel Coraline is superior movie on about every aspect. Then again, art direction is something worth seeing, and overall the film feels unusual enough to gather a cult following around it.
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| 1 | svicciarelli | 70 15th |
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I did not see what made this thing so special. The story is childish and trite, the cheap special effects ruin a great artistic design.
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weirdyoda | 96 96th |
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Visually stunning and mesmerizing. This is the kind of movie we need more of these days. It certainly has its flaws, but in this time it definitely stands out and I think would have made a lot more money had it had a proper advertising campaign.
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evrana | 66 38th |
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I have always found Neil Gaiman's stories bland, but this was really too mediocre. Distorted hero's journey ina pseudo-,nteresting setting sometimes works well in comics, but it is really boring as a movie. Because you really don't have enough time to appreciate design and artwork of McKean.
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| 1 | paxtenebrae | 85 53rd |
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Neil Gaiman is a GOD. There is no denying this. However, even gods sometimes create works that are flawed. This film, while clearly touched by Gaiman's genious still feels like it needs something...I don't know what it is. I love the movie, don't get me wrong. It's just missing something to make it yet another perfect Gaiman Opus.
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RealMacgyver | 100 99th |
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A surreal masterpiece. Like Alice in Wonderland if it was a bad acid trip instead of a good one.
Oh, and it's all just a metaphor for bieng at that weird age between girl and woman among other things. Work of art, watch with an open mind.
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| Average Percentile 50.21% from 1149 Ratings |  |