When you stumble upon a movie like mirror Mirrormade by the Cantabrians Mark Crew (2022), comes up with several means that are really lacking for a decent development of such an audiovisual story; and that if it was something from the monstrous Hollywood industry, then his budget would have multiplied many times over. No need, of course. Just sit down to watch it at the cinema these days to find out.
Just like awesome Man from Earthunexpected triumph of Richard Shankman (2007), the genre to which we discover that it belongs, in addition to comedy, very often tends to succumb to directors composing great shows at the top of the fireworks display for the eyes of the viewer who, for whatever reason, seeks them out and is entertained. An aspect that is not unfavorable if they provide respectful performance, but it means more of the same.
The difference is found, for example, in those small works that express more or less interesting ideabelonging to a genre that is not strictly realistic, in a sense that appeals to the understanding of our gray matter, just like a sentence as huge as idiots dinnerFrancis Weber (1998) – and let the ugly burn in the hell of the ugly remake Jay Roach (2010) – and mirror Mirror This is not limited to betting everything on spectacular and intuitive.
The ups and downs of humor in “Mirror, Mirror”
Mark Creue, whose debut feature film was one-eyed king (2016) and who, among other things, signed the scripts for several episodes Neighbor (2019-2021), asks us strange dynamics with something that resembles an internal monologue of characters in literature, from characters in English modernism to those you like, or a thought in a typical voice in off seventh art… but embodied in double who responds through the reflection of the main characters.
On the other hand, he spices it up with work satire, on certain types of people and interpersonal relationships, and mood it doesn’t go absolutely with disgust, but different purposebecause sometimes he manages to press the button for a genuine laugh in a respectable and other time, he wants to press and only reaches for the button for smiles or even fails with any of them, because it is in the dark. However, his script does not skimp on certain touches of fantastic surrealism.
What we have to leave clear is that if this were the work of the actors, Mark Crehue would never miss. In such an eccentric situation, we have nothing more to ask. the visible humanity of Malena Alterio in Christina’s skin, Santi Millan in Alvaro’s skin, Carlos Areses at Alberto, for whom they reserve best beats, Natalia de Molina in the recognizable Paula or Betsy Turnes in Antonia. With the company of a flawless secondary eye.
Good idea that gave more
There are twists and turns mirror Mirror which remind us of the nightmare from the chapter “Bart sells his soul” (7×04) of the veteran animated series the Simpson (since 1989). However, at some point, fun freezes us and the intimate dramas that have been peeking out from the very beginning amid sarcasm elude her, and you start to worry about these characters. Not even in regards to the mother, played by the late Veronica Forque for sadly obvious reasons.
In the same way, Mark Creue sometimes plays quite a lot with the limit of plausibility and even ridicule; but ends up leaving juggle gracefully on a rope. Without showing off, of course, that the visual layout remains acceptable, with some striking parallel assembly. And you can not regret what you ate mirror Mirrorwhose plot what could be expressed is not expressed if he delved into the bad blood of black comedy.
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