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With THE MIRROR, legendary Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky crafts perhaps his most profound and compelling film. What started off for Tarkovsky as a planned series of interviews with his own mother evolved into a lyrical and complex circular meditation on love, loyalty, memory, and history. Time shifts and generations merge .. Read more

Starring	Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Director	Andrei Tarkovsky
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- "...[A] radiant, sublime dream of a film....THE MIRROR can be regarded as the work of a man who has found his voice and learned to express himself in his own powerful way..."
- 9843
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  Tarkovsky - wow.
  
  I've seen all of Tarkovsky's films. In particular, the string of 4 films he made (Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, Stalker) in a row are an absolutely ... read more »
  
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  - Grant G
  - London
  - 26 Apr 2005 at 21:22
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  A spellbinding film
  
  I don't know why, because I don't really understand what's going on in the film, but I find this absolutely captivating. Perhaps the obscurity adds ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 24 Apr 2012 at 11:25
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  Try "Enter The Void" if you like this film
  
  I watched this upon the critics who reviewed 'Enter The Void' by Gaspar Noe's recommendation. I can see the similarities between the two film but ... read more »
  
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- - Ben23
  - 2 reviews
  - 04 May 2011 at 22:29
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  I didn't get it at all
  
  There seem to be two types of reviews of this film on here, those that 'got it' and those of us that didn't. It is a stream of consciousness very ... read more »
  
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- - tnathan
  - 15 reviews
  - Epsom
  - 27 Oct 2010 at 22:09
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  - 13
  Awful nonsense
  
  This film is AWFUl, made no sense what so ever, probably had some deep meaning that I missed but there isn't even a story, the subtitls run too fast and ... read more »
  
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- - calnfa
  - 31 reviews
  - cheltenham
  - 19 Jul 2010 at 15:39
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  The Greatest of All Films
  
  With 'Mirror', Andrei Tarkovsky moved on from the epic sweep of films such as 'Andrei Rublev' and 'Solaris' to a more fragmented and ... read more »
  
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- - Alphavillain
  - 3 reviews
  - Littlehampton
  - 08 May 2010 at 21:30
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  Have I missed something?
  
  I would say I'm a person of average intelligence, and can appreciate some of the more 'challenging' fims from around the world, but I could not ... read more »
  
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- - sherriffflood
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  - 07 Dec 2009 at 21:35
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  Incomprehensible
  
  I'm afraid that I gave up after about 30 minutes as I couldn't get a handle on what the director was trying to say. It all seems surreal.
  
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  - Innerleithen
  - 28 Oct 2009 at 14:06
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  Wonderful
  
  Wonderful. Beautiful, poetic, evocative. You will need to watch it more than once though, to make sense of it.
  
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- - ChrisSW11
  - 17 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Jun 2009 at 14:42
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  Mirror
  
  Weird, pretentious and boring - nearly made it to the end, gave up with 30 mins to go !
  
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  - Wadhurst
  - 02 Jun 2009 at 21:59
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  mirror
  
  heavy heavy heavy heavy unless you like heavy films and understand russian my wife is russian she found it HEAVY
  
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  - St. Austell
  - 13 Dec 2008 at 14:26
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- - 33
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  Tarkovsky - wow.
  
  I've seen all of Tarkovsky's films. In particular, the string of 4 films he made (Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, Stalker) in a row are an absolutely ... read more »
  
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  - Grant G
  - London
  - 26 Apr 2005 at 21:22
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  Confusing nonsense
  
  I am an avid film fan and generally enjoy the challenge of foreign language films. I do not need to be spoon fed by the director or writer, but I can honestly ... read more »
  
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  - Berkshire, England
  - 06 Mar 2007 at 13:12
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  poor
  
  somewhat pretentious and overblown. unfocussed, scooping up bits of war footage with pictures of da vinci,literature quotes etc. in an effort to look profound. ... read more »
  
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- - john davey
  - ngland
  - 10 Aug 2007 at 15:26
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  Brilliant
  
  I think the negative reviews of this film only show their writers to be overly self-aware. I rented it purely because I am learning Russian, and although I'... read more »
  
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- - Holliana
  - 2 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 15 Dec 2007 at 23:00
- - 4
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  The Greatest of All Films
  
  With 'Mirror', Andrei Tarkovsky moved on from the epic sweep of films such as 'Andrei Rublev' and 'Solaris' to a more fragmented and ... read more »
  
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- - Alphavillain
  - 3 reviews
  - Littlehampton
  - 08 May 2010 at 21:30
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  Customer Review
  
  Once said by Tarkovsky to be closest to his own vision of cinema Mirror is a loosely autobiographical reconstruction of key scenes in Tarkovsky's life with ... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Worth seeing
  
  It's one of the best (or No1, not sure) films I have ever seen. Tarkovski's own vision of the world. It does seem messy in beginning. Scenario was ... read more »
  
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- - JURIS
  - 2 reviews
  - London
  - 01 May 2008 at 12:38
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  Astounding
  
  I am not in the least qualified to review this amazing film. It took me by storm and perhaps I will need to watch it again. It could also be considered an ... read more »
  
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- - zimbaboy
  - 60 reviews
  - Cainscross
  - 07 Jul 2008 at 18:45
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  Mirror into Tarkovsky's soul
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  The narrative sequence may be confusing at first, but I think it boils down to this: the main character, Alyosha, is on his deathbed, and has flashbacks of ... read more »
  
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- - rpere008
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  - Bangor
  - 17 Feb 2008 at 20:27
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  Mirror
  
  My expectations went woefully unfulfilled. Whilst there were some images of sublime, resonating beauty that have stuck in my mind, these could easily have been ... read more »
  
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  - Chichester
  - 15 Jun 2008 at 10:02

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Critics' reviews
- "...[A] radiant, sublime dream of a film....THE MIRROR can be regarded as the work of a man who has found his voice and learned to express himself in his own powerful way..."
- 9843
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Tarkovsky goes for the great white whale of politicised art - no less than a history of his country in this century... read more on Time Out
- 256346
- - Time Out
  - 21 Mar 2012 at 02:37
- ...like Sokurov, Tarkovsky has an extraordinary ability to imbue landscape with a lyrical and evocative quality...
- 199406
- - Sight and Sound
  - 30 Jun 2011 at 05:11

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