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Summary: Mask
Review: I thought this movie,Mask,was so heartfilled and even though it's kind of a sad movie, it was still so good!
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Summary: One of the best movies ever made
Review: I've seen this movie about 100 times & still gets better each time
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Summary: IRONIC HOW HIS NAME IS ROCKY
Review: If i was Rocky and people made fun of me like they did him, I'd probably go on a killing spree, but thats what makes his character so wholesome and brave. he sticks with it till he is excepted. Very few people on earth would have his courage. Wonder why eric stoltz never even got an oscar nomination. This is a great film and not only that, its the very first film I saw when I was a kid. Its a great film!!!!
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Summary: unforgetable
Review: IN 1987 i sat,totally engrossed,watching the heart-wrenching story of a boy suffering with facial deformity, a boy who was not expected to live beyond a teenager. At least that was the write up. What i saw,was not only his torment,but his mothers. Cher played this role so believably i still feel the character when i see her now. Her heartbreak,her own battle with drink and drugs, and her stuborn determination and humour when faced with authority. Also this was the point in time that i fell in love with Sam Elliot,and his voice. The man is a god. His character as Chers biker boyfriend was brilliant. Supposedly tough,but a sweetheart with a reassuring and patient relationship with the young man with dreams for the future. The three of them carried this film through every emotion you could think of. Shock,disbelief,laughter, tears, heartbreak and horror to name a few. Truly one of the most memerable films i ve ever seen. In fact here we are 16+ years on and i can remember it as vivdly as if i'd seen it an hour ago. How long is it since i ve seen it? Well i met my husband in 1988 and some 6 months after he ''borrowed'' the reel from inside the video case and never rebuilt it! The other reel with the film on?????? That was ''placed somewhere safe!'' So, i have looked for a replacement for a long time,and thought i'd found it here. Except i'm in england and your vhs wont play on my vhs. I'll just have to keep digging. In fact ''I COULD DIG SO DEEP I COULD END UP IN *¬`*=^+* CHINA!!!!!!'' Good night x
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Summary: Awesome Movie
Review: It's a good tear jerker at the end. It brings about life's realities such as family problems. How Rocky has a positive attitude towards his disease and death. Rocky is so misjudged due to his appearance until people look at the inside and not just the outside of him. He has compassion for people and is not a quitter. He keeps going to the end. I highly recommend this movie to all. It's something you just have to see.
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Summary: Cher at her best!
Review: It's curious that Cher didn't get an Oscar nod for this, clearly the best work of her acting career. "Mask" brings Cher as a drug-abusing motorcycle mama together with a shattering deformity in her 16-year-old straight-laced but practical son, magnificently played by Eric Stoltz. Together, mother and son travel the path toward social acceptance of the disease that makes Rocky an initial outcast before he earns through his own acceptance the validation and respect of those in his world. But mother and son diverge tempestuously on the issue of drugs, and Rocky fights in vain to convince his free-willed mother to stop until, by his own acceptance of it, he finally wins. "Mask" showcases Cher's incredible range as an actress, and she ought to have gotten Academy recognition, at least in the form of a nomination. She carries the emotional devastation of her son's death heart-wretchingly, and the viewer will be profoundly moved with a sense of loss for Rocky, a real-life person who endured the pains of his screen character. It's a moving experience, and humbling, too, for Rocky's station in life shows us that the burden we bear will always be topped by the burden of someone else.
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Summary: Avis d'un français (French rewiew)
Review: J'ai vu ce film a sa sortie, et depuis je cherche à le revoir.
Je trouve seulement aujourd'hui ce DVD, helas disponible en anglais seulement.
Ce fim est une lecon, pour tous les intolérants de la terre.
Merveilleusement joué par d'exellents acteurs, je voudrais le voir projeter dans toutes les salles de classe de terminale, comme exemple de l'amour maternel et comme hymne à la tolérance.
Incontournable classique de l'Humanité, il est la réponse absolue aux esprits "bien-pensants"
S'il ne fallait qu'un film sur la différence, ce serait celui-la.
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Summary: mask
Review: mask is a wonderful movie.IT shows courage.rocky dennis was kind smart,caring.I could watch this movie all day.cher is great.eric sholtz gives a wonderful performace as rocky dennis.
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Summary: Real and Moving
Review: Mask is one of those rare "true story" movies that remains that way when it hits the big screen. It also houses an absolutely fabulous performance by Cher, as well as by Eric Stoltz.Mask is about a boy named Rocky Dennis who is well above average in every way. If it weren't for a degenerative disease that horribly disfigured his face since birth, the world would probably see him that way. At first, those that meet him are understandably nervous and scared, but with an airy confidence, he wins his classmates and peers over. That confidence comes from his mother, played by Cher. She is an attractive, drug addicted single mother with an on again, off again fling with Gar, played by Sam Elliot. Cher convincingly and movingly plays a mother riddled with insecurites, but in love with her son, who represents to her all she wishes she could be. She was born with the huge advantage of being beautiful, she dropped out of school and got pregnant. She lookes at Rocky and sees someone who was born with every disadvantage (a disfigured face and a short life) and who is confident, responsible, hardworking, and happy. He is also valedictorian of his high school class. Ever since she had Rocky, she has been strong and tough, making it clear that Rocky will not be treated any differently than anyone else. Rocky takes from that confidence and gives it back to his Mom with the way he lives his life...getting up every morning, facing the world, being happy, taking care of himself, and preparing for and dreaming of a future that he may never have. Her hatred for herself is transcended only by her pure love and open admiration for her son. I have seen Mask a number of times over the years, but I have to say it gets me every time. It is a movie that deals, realistically and truthfully with a disease that seems almost unreal. But the lessons learned and the topics raised have little to do with the "Mask" and more about the connection between a mother and her son.
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Summary: Real and Moving
Review: Mask is one of those rare "true story" movies that remains that way when it hits the big screen. It also houses an absolutely fabulous performance by Cher, as well as by Eric Stoltz. Mask is about a boy named Rocky Dennis who is well above average in every way. If it weren't for a degenerative disease that horribly disfigured his face since birth, the world would probably see him that way. At first, those that meet him are understandably nervous and scared, but with an airy confidence, he wins his classmates and peers over. That confidence comes from his mother, played by Cher. She is an attractive, drug addicted single mother with an on again, off again fling with Gar, played by Sam Elliot. Cher convincingly and movingly plays a mother riddled with insecurites, but in love with her son, who represents to her all she wishes she could be. She was born with the huge advantage of being beautiful, she dropped out of school and got pregnant. She lookes at Rocky and sees someone who was born with every disadvantage (a disfigured face and a short life) and who is confident, responsible, hardworking, and happy. He is also valedictorian of his high school class. Ever since she had Rocky, she has been strong and tough, making it clear that Rocky will not be treated any differently than anyone else. Rocky takes from that confidence and gives it back to his Mom with the way he lives his life...getting up every morning, facing the world, being happy, taking care of himself, and preparing for and dreaming of a future that he may never have. Her hatred for herself is transcended only by her pure love and open admiration for her son. I have seen Mask a number of times over the years, but I have to say it gets me every time. It is a movie that deals, realistically and truthfully with a disease that seems almost unreal. But the lessons learned and the topics raised have little to do with the "Mask" and more about the connection between a mother and her son.
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