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The Review - MOVIES With KAREN KRIZANOVICH
 
Pick of the indies

Mirrormask

Remarkably beautiful, hypnotic and imaginative, Mirrormask is an adolescent fantasy come to the screen with such vividness and innovation that even adults will enjoy it.
With astonishing visuals and CGI as supplied by the Jim Henson Company this ditty about a young circus performer who becomes trapped in another world is a triumph of style over content. But that’s all right, given that the film’s message is about family values, misunderstandings and coming to terms with things that just aren’t all that clear at first.
Directed by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman, this tale finds an ideal heroine in the 15-year-old British actress Stephanie Leonidas.
Playing Helena Campbell, she is a talented performer and artist who is nevertheless weary of playing centre role in her parents’ circus (Her parents are played by Rob Brydon and Gina McKee).
Yet when her mother collapses and is rushed to hospital, it is almost as if Helena’s psychic energy causes a break into another world, a place where her overbearing mother becomes a mythic creature, all powerful and conniving.
On the subconscious journey to find the Mirrormask which holds the key to Helena’s problems, her companion Valentine (Jason Barry in a truly breathtaking performance) is part court jester, part confidant in the strange fantasy landscape.
Nicely paced, amazingly designed and actually quite spot-on in its analysis of mother-daughter problems and adolescent issues, Mirrormask is the most innovative, most imaginative films to come to the big screen for a long time.

• ICA, The Mall, SW1 Call 020 7930 3647. Cineworld, Shaftesbury Avenue W1. Call 0871 200 2000.
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