Movie Notes: MirrorMask

January 25th, 2008

MirrorMask

2 stars = 2 stars

Starring Stephanie Leonidas, Rob Brydon, Gina McKee
Directed by Dave McKean

Synopsis

Fifteen year old Helena (Stephanie Leonidas) has parents who are circus entertainers. Her mother (Gina McKee) falls ill and Helena has a dream / nightmare in which she meets all sorts of imaginatively designed creatures and gains a new perspective on her life.

The Good

The Bad

Conclusion

MirrorMask reminded me most of Labyrinth which I enjoyed when I was younger (maybe I should re-watch that one). Perhaps I’m just too old for this kind of movie. I also feel it was over-reliant on CGI when a bunch of wacky puppets would have sufficed.

IMDB: MirrorMask
Wikipedia: MirrorMask
Rotten Tomatoes: MirrorMask 51%

6 Comments

  1. MG Siegler says:

    While we mostly agree on all movies, I did like MirrorMask — the visuals never really wore off on me and I just thought it was pretty different and eerily haunting — yes kind of like Labyrinth, which I need to re-watch too by the way.

  2. webomatica says:

    Yeah that’s fair. Maybe I’ll give it another chance later. Thanks for commenting though, it’s good to hear different opinions.

  3. engtech says:

    I’ve been avoiding this one because of all the negative reviews.

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