Mirromask

I’ve loved this movie ever since it came out. Not only did it have Rob Brydon in it, but I also liked how they illustrated this little girl’s struggle with her parents. I could relate to this movie because my mom was also severely ill. I loved the idea of her bad character taking over her world as a response and for her to have to fight her way to get back. Not only did I feel they achieved this with the script and the acting, but I also felt that the visuals also help further this concept along. I liked how the roles of the parents almost paralleled the queens’ and the father’s role in her dream world. I saw the dark queen as being the little’s vision of her mom when she ordered her to go to her juggling act and when she was yelling at her by the trailer. Then, on the other hand, I saw the sleeping white queen as her mother while she was at the hospital. It was pretty obvious that her dream world was a way for her to be able to help her mom and do something about her being asleep (ill). Since she couldn’t do anything in the real world, she saves her mom/the white queen in her dream world.