Film in Review

MirrorMask (2005)

 What a wonderfully made movie. This is not a film for everyone. It is very experimental, using a lot of CG. In fact I think that 80% of the film is completely green screen. This is a fantasy story in the likes of “A Wrinkle in Time.” We follow the story of a young girl as she deals with a life that is not what she wants. In the typical sense we see a teenager fighting with her mother, but when her mother collapses later Helena (Stephanie Leonida) blames herself and her hurtful words.  As the story progresses we find ourselves in Helena’s dream or so we think. We are wondering around in a wonderful world of oddly creatures and wonderfully eerie scenery. I this world you have a books that fly like birds, cats with wings and human faces (sphinx), giants, jugglers and of course an evil queen.

This film is fun and imaginative. It is childish, but yet witty. I don’t know if really young children should watch this for its creepy drawing and sometimes frightening images. This was a story and I hope to see more people not limited by reality use more of their imagination to make fun films like this one.

I do recomend this film and hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

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