mask be so realistic and touching and true that there be no word to describe it . it a if someone simply take a camera and film a slice of life . yet incredibly and the film avoid the feel of a documentary . also incredibly and the film somehow avoids make rocky dennis deformity the central theme and and show how someone with a severe and disfiguring disability can live very much of a normal life and give a good attitude and some positive hope and dream . act performance be incredible all around and but for one exception represent laura dern . how and why she still act be beyond me . both cher and eric stoltz turn in absolutely incredible performance and especially cher . generally i dislike her in movie and but this one be the exception . if you haven not see mask and you enjoy movie about the good and the bad in everyday life ( e. g. ordinary people ) and mask come highly recommended . positive .