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Reviewed by Chris McEneany, 27th January 2009
Inevitably, an audacious and experimental film like MirrorMask will be saddled with a love it or loathe it tag. The story may be familiar but the unique scripting and mesmerising visuals run the risk of alienating it from a larger crowd. Still, it would be a cold heart that refused to be swept along by the intricate beauty of such unbridled imagination. Personally, I was entranced by its uniquely deliberate oddness. It may have many familiar trappings, but it mixes them into a broth that needs a certain palette to fully appreciate. Yet, even with this proviso in mind, MirrorMask is a spectacle that deserves a place on every fantasy-lovers shelf, and the disc does an admirable job of presenting Gaimans and McKeans fable with great AV quality and a nice set of features that prove able to bring the pair of fabulists back down to earth with wit and charm.
MirrorMask may never shake off its profoundly art-house aesthetic and it may not quite deliver on all of its narrative themes, but it still comes well recommended.
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Inevitably, an audacious and experimental film like MirrorMask will be saddled with a love it or loathe it tag. The story may be familiar but the unique scripting and mesmerising visuals run the risk of alienating it from a larger crowd. Still, it would be a cold heart that refused to be swept along by the intricate beauty of such unbridled imagination. Personally, I was entranced by its uniquely deliberate oddness. It may have many familiar trappings, but it mixes them into a broth that needs a certain palette to fully appreciate. Yet, even with this proviso in mind, MirrorMask is a spectacle that deserves a place on every fantasy-lovers shelf, and the disc does an admirable job of presenting Gaimans and McKeans fable with great AV quality and a nice set of features that prove able to bring the pair of fabulists back down to earth with wit and charm.
MirrorMask may never shake off its profoundly art-house aesthetic and it may not quite deliver on all of its narrative themes, but it still comes well recommended.
Read the full review...