How Long Is “MirrorMask”?

A visually arresting, dark family fantasy - part live action, part CGI - from long-time graphic novel collaborators Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch; The Sandman), here working as screenwriter and director respectively. The story centres on Helen (Stephanie Leonidas), who's fed up with life at her parents' circus and desperately wants to get away. But one day she loses her temper and wishes her mother dead - and is mortified to see her cruel wish seemingly begin to come true. She realises that she'd do anything to retract her 'curse', but instead finds herself thrown suddenly into a surreal landscape that's by turns beautiful, sinister and scary. It is a realm ruled by the Queen of Shadows and the Queen of Light, who once balanced each other out - to the benefit of their subjects. But now the Queen of Shadows is in the ascendant, and only Helen can restore the land's much-needed equilibrium by seeking out the immensely powerful MirrorMask, which is also her only way out of this strange and troubling new world.