I miss the word “retard”. It got canceled and when I see old movies with it I’m reminded of my youth when it was like the third most common insult.
Mirror Mirror 2 either follows or establishes lore in the opening of a woman wishing for a punk band to learn a lesson when they call her brother a retard. A freak accident kills the entire band and she’s struck blind, now she is slowly regaining her sight and is drawn to the mirror.
Roddy McDowell stars as the doctor in charge at this bizarre religious hospital I guess, and they’re all telling the main character she can’t dance. Mark Ruffalo is also in this, as a different character from part 3…? He’s kind a manifestation of the mirror or maybe a demon or maybe both.
This movie starts well and really slows down. There’s kinda no threat in the film, and the main plot is just building the interest in the mirror while everyone else questions the mirror. That’s honestly an hour or more of the movie. Just that. In dialogue. Boring.
The end jams it all in, but this is not evenly paced. I’ll give it a 3ish for the slightly above average moments.
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