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Mirrormask

  • 20052005
  • PGPG
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Stephanie Leonidas in Mirrormask (2005)
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In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a fifteen-year-old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
23K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,341
3,772
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Dave McKean
    • Writers
      • Neil Gaiman(story)
      • Dave McKean(story)
    • Stars
      • Stephanie Leonidas
      • Jason Barry
      • Rob Brydon
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Dave McKean
    • Writers
      • Neil Gaiman(story)
      • Dave McKean(story)
    • Stars
      • Stephanie Leonidas
      • Jason Barry
      • Rob Brydon
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 163User reviews
    • 106Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 2 nominations

    Videos3

    MirrorMask
    Trailer 1:48
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    Trailer 1:54
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    Dave McKean at an event for Mirrormask (2005)
    Dave McKean at an event for Mirrormask (2005)
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    Neil Gaiman at an event for Mirrormask (2005)
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    Stephanie Leonidas
    Stephanie Leonidas
    • Helena…
    Jason Barry
    Jason Barry
    • Valentine
    Rob Brydon
    Rob Brydon
    • Morris Campbell…
    Gina McKee
    Gina McKee
    • Joanne Campbell…
    Dora Bryan
    Dora Bryan
    • Aunt Nan
    Stephen Fry
    Stephen Fry
    • Librarian
    Andy Hamilton
    • Small Hairy
    Simon Harvey
    Simon Harvey
    • Sphinx
    Lenny Henry
    Lenny Henry
    • Cops 1-4
    Robert Llewellyn
    Robert Llewellyn
    • Gryphon
    Eryl Maynard
    Eryl Maynard
    • Mrs. Bagwell
    Eve Pearce
    • Future Fruit Lady
    Nik Robson
    • Pingo
    • (as Nik Robinson)
    • …
    Victoria Williams
    • Nurse
    Rick Allen
    Rick Allen
    • Man In a Box
    Gina D'Angelo
    • Heir of Insanity Woman
    Simon Schofield
    • Heir of Insanity Man
    Silvia Fratelli
    • Mimbre
    • Director
      • Dave McKean
    • Writers
      • Neil Gaiman(story) (teleplay)
      • Dave McKean(story)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to an interview with Neil Gaiman, the original computers used to do all of the CG were named after The Beatles (John, Paul, Ringo, George). Later a fifth computer was required, so it was named Yoko. Soon after the fifth computer was introduced, the network crashed and could not be restored properly ("the computers refused to talk to each other"). A new server and computers were purchased and named after The Ramones (Joey, Jonny, DeeDee and Tommy). Gaiman said "I wish I knew more about the history of The Ramones; the computers performed brilliantly, vibrantly and died an untimely - and early - death"
    • Goofs
      Actor Peter Burroughs (Red Troll) is misspelled in the end credits. His official biographies confirm it is the same person.
    • Quotes

      Valentine: I'm an important person you see. I have a tower, a wonderful tower it was, tall and grand.

      Helena: Are you?

      Valentine: Of course.

      Helena: Where is your tower then?

      Valentine: We aren't talking... We had an argument, you see.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Into the Blue/Serenity/The Greatest Game Ever Played/Mirrormask/Capote/The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Close to You
      Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

      Performed by Josefine Cronholm

    User reviews163

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Primal and True Fantasy
    The medium of film is--like the medium of writing or other celebrated media--practically limitless in potential for fantastic creations. However, the fantasy (NOT SCI FI) genre is severely underrepresented in it. For every Lord of the Rings, we have ten attempts at The Matrix.

    But what better alchemical mix to straight-up fantasy can we have than Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, and the Henson Company? One thing Henson could do with his puppets that many others never really aspired to do was create fantasy the likes that weren't really done again, and his legacy lives on, using the enriching and creative mind of Gaiman, the celebrated British fantasy writer and comic book artist whose vivid imagination was so perfectly translated into film using practically every chemical for fantasy possible: CGI, animation, painting, set design, split-screen, superimposition, saturated colors, I even think there were moments of stop-motion animation.

    The story is about a fifteen-year-old girl named Helena who works for a circus. Her creative and artistic mind keeps her busy from day to day until her mother falls ill and has to go to the hospital. Blaming it on herself for a row she had with her mother, Helena "escapes" into dreamland... or does she? I think what's really refreshing about this film is that, despite what a lot of people say about it, it's NOT that much like Alice and Wonderland. I can't help but think that, despite the fact that this film uses a lot of tropes common to the fantasy genre, it's distinct and original, something to be admired and appreciated. I don't think anything in this film really came off as that clichéd, even though it did come across as familiar. It might even be possible to say that anybody who has a real problem with it is just taking it too seriously, but that argument always goes in the wrong direction so forget about it.

    One of the things I think that's important about a film like this is that it's not really a kids movie. Children could watch it, easily, and be fine with it, but it's not directed just to them. It isn't really directed at a target audience in the genre sense. It is simply fantasy for fantasy's sake, going where a lot of filmmakers seem desperate to avoid because "It's just not real enough." That's why, despite the fact that this movie has pretty obvious CGI, it doesn't matter as much as the obvious CGI in The Hulk: it's so fantastic, it helps that it doesn't seem real.

    Too bad it just won't get the marketing or the attention it deserves, probably ever. That's why if it's ever considered a classic at all, it'll be a cult classic. Such seems the destination of many things that dare to be what they want and not what others want them to be.

    --PolarisDiB
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    • Polaris_DiB
    • Feb 14, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 3, 2006 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дзеркальна маска
    • Filming locations
      • Embassy Court, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Destination Films
      • The Jim Henson Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $866,999
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $126,449
      • Oct 2, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $866,999
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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