i be try to understand what people like about mirrormask . i be an avid film viewer and hobbyist film maker . a i be tell friend during my lunch hour and mirrormask may well be my big movie disappointment of the year . just like the short moongirl and the film miss it mark . several time during the movie it make attempt at humor . it set you up for the laugh . instead of make you laugh and it leave you feel empty . the joke remind one of the recent star war film . they weren not funny unless you be five . and the act felt similarly terrible . i have see actor actually act in front of a blue screen . and i have believe it . but not in this film . not for a second . this film take a formula and try to apply it with pretty artwork and though the script be totally workable and the special effect quite beautiful and it have no heart to it and fail miserably . i leave the film shake my head and consider leave the theater . i felt hallow and miserable and still haven not get the sour taste out of my mouth from it . i love independent film . i encourage people to view independent film to support them . but not this film . this film shouldn not have be make . at least and not like this . why do the director miss the mark so clearly . they be clearly setup not just the humor . but the emotion . the drama . even the line be poorly time and deliver . it be like the film walk on three leg instead of four . it step be awkward and miss time . and it could fall over with the slight push don not see this film . i do not care who you be . it isn not worth your time .