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MirrorMask (2005)
"MirrorMask" centers on Helena, a 15 year old girl in a family of circus entertainers, who often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister. (read more)
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I have recently been reading a lot of Neil Gaiman comic books and graphic novels, thus with this his feature film writing debut I expected a lot of pretension and stunning visuals. However this film is far less pretentious than, say, 'The Sandman', instead it is a sort of mix of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'The...
(complete MirrorMask review by Jessica Film Junkie)
MIRRORMASK (2005) Helena is a young teen, whose parents run a traveling circus that is just barely staying in the black. The circus is her father's dream, and although she is a performer in the troupe, all Helena wants is a real life. When she is not performing, she stays in her trailer drawing picture after picture. ...
(complete MirrorMask review by Ryan Midnight)
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