Mirrormask eventually establishes itself as an thoroughly interminable piece of work that substitutes endless creativity for context and character development...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 1, 2012

Dense, dreamlike fantasy isn't for every kid.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 15, 2010

An alluring original piece of fantasy...

| Apr 29, 2009

The story is interesting, in a twisted fairytale sort of way, but the novelty of this dream world does eventually wear off, and we're left checking our watches.

Full Review | Original Score: 72/100 | Jan 5, 2009

Proves that a movie can be brilliant and awful at the same time.

| Original Score: C | Jul 18, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 11, 2006

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 18, 2006

This one-of-a-kind fantasy film may be seen as a classic someday, possibly quite soon.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 7, 2006

...one of those movies that might be improved immensely by the consumption of certain mood-altering substances.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Dec 12, 2005

What a disappointment! The greatest fantasy novels and films are products of the unconscious - they have the authority of visions, glimpsed though imperfectly understood. But the creators of MirrorMask remain all too wide awake.

| Dec 5, 2005

A wonder of imaginative design and a failure of imaginative storytelling; after 101 minutes of this, you feel like a starving man being taunted with a Faberge egg.

Full Review | Original Score: '2/4' | Nov 7, 2005

"MirrorMask" may prove fascinating for fans of McKean and Gaiman, but I was left chilled and irritated.

| Nov 7, 2005

[Director Dave] McKean's pacing is abominable but, more importantly, he doesn't spend enough time building his characters.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 4, 2005

An impressive sheen on some familiar themes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2005

Could be Exhibit A for anyone arguing the case that modern filmmaking lacks a strong sense of story.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 28, 2005

It is so fresh, so bold and so fantastical on the visual plane that it seems to re-invent the language of dreams and widen the possibilities of fantasy storytelling.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 28, 2005

Leonidas walks this tightrope quite engagingly, showing us a girl on the cusp of womanhood, torn between two competing needs -- to become an adult, to remain a child, to vilify, to revere.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2005

None of the exceptionally designed characters have a soul that stirs the senses.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 27, 2005