MirrorMask is about a teenage girl named Helena whose family runs a traveling circus and is tired of always having to perform in the acts. She has an argument about it with her mother and that same night, her mother falls unconscious and is rushed to the hospital. Helena, feeling guilty about provoking the fight, falls asleep and awakens in a fantastic dream world. She soon learns that the world is being torn apart due to an imbalance, which began when the princess of the Land of Shadows stole a charm from the City of Light. Now Helena, with the help of her strange new friend Valentine, must get the charm back from the Dark Princess, who looks just like Helena, to save the dream world and the queen of the City of Light, who looks just like Helena's mother.
Neil Gaiman's 2006 fantasy film follows the delightful formula of the young girl adventuring in a bizarre world that may or may not be just a dream. It is often compared to "Labyrinth," only with absolutely gorgeous special effects and no David Bowie. The dream world in itself makes the movie worth watching. It's an eerie and haphazard work of art, with beautiful architecture and almost overwhelming detail at every turn.
The characters are lovable, particularly Helena's cowardly sidekick Valentine, who is always wearing a mask and doesn't understand how anyone could live without one. Helena is a lot like Sarah from "Labyrinth." She's brave, bold, and somehow lucky enough to always have something to point her in the right direction. There's also the constant parade of strange, quirky creatures, like the floating giants and monkeybirds.
The most captivating part about this film is the endless pool of creativity that washes over every aspect of the dream world. You would have to watch the movie a dozen times to catch all of the odd details in the City of Light. It seems like every time the scene changes and Helena takes the next step toward solving the mystery, something totally weird and unexpected happens. The movie could have gone on like that for five hours and you wouldn't get tired of it. Such is the creative mind of Neil Gaiman.
As dark as it is light-hearted, "MirrorMask" is a movie for children and adults alike. It is guaranteed to make the following night's dreams a little more whimsical than they were before.
Lindsey Weedston
MirrorMask
MirrorMask is about a teenage girl named Helena whose family runs a traveling circus and is tired of always having to perform in the acts. She has an argument about it with her mother and that same night, her mother falls unconscious and is rushed to the hospital. Helena, feeling guilty about provoking the fight, falls asleep and awakens in a fantastic dream world. She soon learns that the world is being torn apart due to an imbalance, which began when the princess of the Land of Shadows stole a charm from the City of Light. Now Helena, with the help of her strange new friend Valentine, must get the charm back from the Dark Princess, who looks just like Helena, to save the dream world and the queen of the City of Light, who looks just like Helena's mother.
Neil Gaiman's 2006 fantasy film follows the delightful formula of the young girl adventuring in a bizarre world that may or may not be just a dream. It is often compared to "Labyrinth," only with absolutely gorgeous special effects and no David Bowie. The dream world in itself makes the movie worth watching. It's an eerie and haphazard work of art, with beautiful architecture and almost overwhelming detail at every turn.
The characters are lovable, particularly Helena's cowardly sidekick Valentine, who is always wearing a mask and doesn't understand how anyone could live without one. Helena is a lot like Sarah from "Labyrinth." She's brave, bold, and somehow lucky enough to always have something to point her in the right direction. There's also the constant parade of strange, quirky creatures, like the floating giants and monkeybirds.
The most captivating part about this film is the endless pool of creativity that washes over every aspect of the dream world. You would have to watch the movie a dozen times to catch all of the odd details in the City of Light. It seems like every time the scene changes and Helena takes the next step toward solving the mystery, something totally weird and unexpected happens. The movie could have gone on like that for five hours and you wouldn't get tired of it. Such is the creative mind of Neil Gaiman.
As dark as it is light-hearted, "MirrorMask" is a movie for children and adults alike. It is guaranteed to make the following night's dreams a little more whimsical than they were before.
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