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Mirrormask (2005)

Starring: Jason Barry, Dora Bryan Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: DVD

3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (180 customer reviews)

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Actors: Jason Barry, Dora Bryan, Rob Brydon, Stephen Fry, Andy Hamilton
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English, Portuguese, French
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
PLEASE NOTE: Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players. For more information on RCE, click here.
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
Run Time: 101 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (180 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000BT97AO
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,430 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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This visually stunning film is the product of a collaboration of award-winning graphic novelist Neil Gaiman (creator of the much-lauded Sandman series), his frequent collaborator Dave McKean (Cages), and The Jim Henson Company, themselves no strangers to elaborate fantasies such as The Dark Crystal. and Labyrinth. As with the latter film, MirrorMask focuses on a young woman unhappy with her daily existence; here, the artistically inclined Helena (Stephanie Leonides), is at odds with her circus performer parents. When a careless insult appears to send her mother (Gina McKee) into a coma, Helena withdraws into the dark and elaborate world of her drawings, in which a scenario very similar to her predicament in the real world is unfolding. Gaiman and director McKean create arresting images to populate Helena's world, and the Henson Company brings them vividly to life with CGI; though the story is occasionally murky, the fantasy elements are imaginative enough to enthrall what will undoubtedly be the film's toughest customers--younger viewers. --Paul Gaita

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MIRRORMASK is the story of Helena, who works for the family circus, and wishes--quite ironically--that she could run away and join real life. But such is not to be the case, as she finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. Helena searches for the Mirrormask, an object of enormous power that is her only hope of escaping the Dark Lands, waking the Queen of Light and returning home.

The long-awaited DVD boasts more than an hour of exclusive extra features. Fans can go Behind the Scenes with Dave McKean, have a conversation with Neil Gaiman in the Neil Talks feature, or watch the Flight of the Monkeybirds in the special featurette, along with many more exclusive features and scenes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Return of The King: The Jim Henson Company, October 29, 2005

By	B. Merritt "filmreviewstew.com" (WWW.FILMREVIEWSTEW.COM, Pacific Grove, California United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

(This is based on the theatrical release of MirrorMask which is currently in theaters, 10/30/05)

With a little help from Neil Gaiman's masterful writing, and Dave McKean's able artistry and direction, the Jim Henson Company makes a fantasy-filled return to the silver screen.

I was a big fan of The Labyrinth and, even more so, The Dark Crystal in the `80's. The excellent puppetry work combined with human characters was a novel idea, far beyond Sesame Street, and formatted more for the adult who has a kid's mentality. I was curious to see how The Henson Company might have advanced in the intervening years, and I wasn't disappointed. Gone are the puppets (to the chagrin of some) and in their place are CGI screens that boggle the mind - a living tapestry that slowly trundles by.

Creating screen shots that mimic a painter's canvas, this movie is pure eye-candy (think Alice In Wonderland meets Van Gogh). Although the opening few minutes felt more TV-esque than magical, they were quickly whisked away by the sumptuous middle and ending of the film.

The story: Helena, a teenage circus performer along with her mother and father, is having the usual surges of defiance. She doesn't want to be in the circus anymore, and she and her mother have a heated argument in which Helena wishes her mother dead. And during the evenings performance under the big top, Joanne, Helena's mother, collapses and falls into a coma. It is quickly discovered that she has something seriously wrong with her (although it's never defined, a brain tumor is easily surmised). Helena is riddled with guilt over her nasty words and falls asleep one night, and wakes up in a world of muted colors and magical creatures. Giant stone beings, masked love-interests, idiot cat-sphinxes, and a growing darkness that threatens to envelope this alternate world.

As Helena moves her way through this strange land, we begin to understand that she isn't asleep nor dreaming. This is real. But she's traded places with another, less likable Helena who is destroying her life back in the "normal" world. Helena sees this "other her" through the drawings she's done that decorate her bedroom wall. She looks through sketched windows, watching helplessly as the "bad" Helena argues with her father, makes out with a boy on her bed, and generally wreaks havoc.

It is soon discovered that the reason the world the good Helena now inhabits is falling into darkness is because of the imbalance created by the trading of places by the two Helenas, and our heroine has to find something called the MirrorMask to help set things right. The search is a puzzling heroes journey that pulls her deeper and closer to a wickedly dark queen. Helena struggles with growing up and becoming a stronger person as she walks, runs, and flies through this surreal landscape, trying to get back to her family and, most importantly, to her mother's sickbed.

This is a great movie for adults to take their teens to. It'll give them something to discuss as their children grow and have to face the muted colors of adulthood.

[The film is now playing in limited release at many art theaters and comes highly recommended]

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5.0 out of 5 stars Boy, have some people missed the point..., January 2, 2007

By	Nikki "Life goes on." (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This is a stunning, gorgeous, mind-blowing movie.
It seems criticisms of this movie are stemming from two basic complaints: first, that the story is unoriginal/derivative; and second, that the movie is all visuals, no plot. The first complaint misses the point completely. The whole point of the story is that it is ARCHETYPAL. It deals with fundamental human issues of identity, growth, dark and light, good and evil. To complain that an archetypal story is unoriginal is like complaining that an apple doesn't taste like an orange. To have completely unrelated expectations is to be disappointed.
The second complaint is once again an issue of erroneous expectations. A distinction must be made between film as pure entertainment and film as pure art. These two genres sometimes co-exist, of course, and there is a spectrum in between. Yes, this is a visual movie. It is self-consciously a movie intended to display film-making as a visual art, which it first and foremost is. When appreciating a painting, is the central issue the painter's choice of subject matter? No, it is technique, execution, mood, effect. Who decided film is only successful or worthy if the plot entertains us sufficiently? Seems to me that is rather a shallow, provincial and self-absorbed viewpoint.
For goodness' sake, leave your expectations and preconceptions at the door and just accept this movie offering at face value. Complaining about what it isn't (and isn't meant to be) is pointless and a waste of everybody's time. Watch it and appreciate it for what it is: a classic, archetypal story beautifully retold in an exemplary display of film-making as a visual art form.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Doing what a movie does best, February 6, 2006

By	Robin Hobb "Robin" (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews

Some tales are told best around a campfire. Others belong on the pages of a book. And some stories demand to be told via the film medium. Mirror Mask, I feel, is one of these. From the first moment when the theatre darkened to when the last credit scrolled off the screen, I was entranced. And I walked away convinced that this particular story could not have been told as effectively in any other way.I left the theatre feeling the intense genius-envy I get whenever I experience something Neil Gaiman has had a hand in.
As a purveyor of fantasy, I read a tremendous amount in the field and see many movies in the genre. It's so easy to become jaded, so easy to see exactly where the current of a tale is carrying you; and then I encounter something like Mirror Mask and I fall in love all over again. I realize afresh that fantasy has no boundaries.
There are movies that leave me with a feeling of satisfaction, where I give a great sigh and feel content with a wonderful ending. Others, like Mirror Mask, set off a string of creative fireworks inside my mind and leave me fully charged and ready to see all the wonderful beginnings in the world.

I highly recommed this film.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A delightful example of its genre
Mirrormask is a wonderful film, but it is not for everyone. Over the years, I have created a subcategory of film I call "the slow-moving fable. Read more

Published 26 days ago by Spiehler

1.0 out of 5 stars Not what I ordered!!!
I ordered this directly from Amazon, not a private seller.
When I got the DVD, the snap to hold the disc was broken, so the DVD had been rattling around in its case... Read more

Published 27 days ago by Jeanine D. Cochran

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderfully Bizarre Fantasy
A weird, wacky, visually-stunning masterpiece, MirrorMask, like most Neil Gaiman fare, is perhaps an acquired taste. Read more

Published 27 days ago by Stephanie

3.0 out of 5 stars Ultimately disappointing
Perhaps I was expecting too much based on the reviews I read of this movie. Possibly I expected a bit more coherent of a story from Neil Gaiman, but ultimately this was a... Read more

Published 1 month ago by J. Newman

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!
I love this movie!!! I ordered it with normal shipping and the movie got to my house in about two days and was in perfect condition! Can't wait to do future deals with you!

Published 1 month ago by Bobby Woodbury

5.0 out of 5 stars It Sits On My Shelf Right Next To Labyrinth
I loved this film! It is the perfect synthesis of creativity, good writing, talented acting, and scenery that sweeps the mind into flights of imagination. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Penny Dreadful

3.0 out of 5 stars Strange but interesting
Its a good movie. Dark, and strange. Full of diffirent dept insight. I did not care about the plot too much. It got boring, but I watch the movie, and it was ok.

Published 3 months ago by Luis A. Avila

1.0 out of 5 stars A bad trip
Had I been in Haight-Ashbury during the '60s, I probably would have described this film as a bad trip....mostly unpleasant and not entertaining in the least. Read more

Published 3 months ago by H. Turner

4.0 out of 5 stars A visual feast!
If you enjoy state of the art graphics you will find this film interesting. The story is predictible with psichological contents we have already touched or heard of,but art... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Felipe Dothee Reichmann

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
I was not prepared for this movie. Great special fx. Don't do drugs while watching this movie, you don't need them.

Published 3 months ago by Cyril H. Ostiguy

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