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Mirrors
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Mirrors is a 2008 English-language splatter film directed by Alexandre Aja and written by Aja and Grégory Levasseur. Produced by Regency Enterprises, the movie stars Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, and Cameron Boyce. The narrative follows an ex-cop and his family who become targets of an evil force using mirrors as a gateway into their home. The film was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The production involved filming in New York City and Bucharest, with a budget of 35,000,000. It grossed 77,488,607 at the box office. The runtime is listed as 111 minutes or 110 minutes. The score was composed by Javier Navarrete, with Maxime Alexandre serving as director of photography. The story is set in New York City and Pennsylvania, and its main subject is a demon.
Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 6.1 from 117,306 votes, a Metascore of 35, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 15%. The film received two nominations total. It is rated R and is followed by the sequel Mirrors 2. The production companies included Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Luna Pictures, ASAF, and Castel Film.
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6.3An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Cast
- Kiefer Sutherland as Ben Carson
- Paula Patton as Amy Carson
- Amy Smart as Angela Carson
- Jason Flemyng as Larry Byrne
- Cameron Boyce as Michael Carson
- Arika Gluck as Daisy Carson
Themes
- schizophrenia
- subway
- night watchman
- possession
- hallucination
- morgue
- alcoholism
- ex-cop
- remake
- rural area
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
117,306 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
15%
Metacritic
35/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alexandre Aja
- Screenplay by
- Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur
- Based on
- Into the Mirror , by Kim Sung-ho
- Produced by
- Alexandra Milchan, Marc Sternberg, Grégory Levasseur
- Starring
- Kiefer Sutherland Paula Patton Amy Smart
- Cinematography
- Maxime Alexandre
- Edited by
- Baxter
- Music by
- Javier Navarrete
- Production companies
- Regency Enterprises , New Regency , Luna Pictures, ASAF, Castel Film Romania
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox (Overseas) , Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany) , Odeon Cineplex (Romania)
- Release date
- August 15, 2008 ( 2008-08-15 )
- Running time
- 111 minutes
- Countries
- United States, Romania, Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $78.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- splatter film
- Country of origin
- Romania
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Mirrors 2
- Based on
- Into the Mirror
- Main subject
- demon
- Director
- Alexandre Aja
- Screenwriter
- Grégory Levasseur
- Cast member
- Ezra Buzzington
- Composer
- Javier Navarrete
- Producer
- Grégory Levasseur
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Cinematographer
- Maxime Alexandre
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Filming location
- Bucharest
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 140067
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2008-10-30
- title
- Mirrors
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 35000000
- box office
- 77488607
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 35/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Mirrors is a 2008 supernatural horror film directed by Alexandre Aja, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, and Amy Smart. The film was first titled Into the Mirror, but the name was later changed to Mirrors. Filming began on May 1, 2007, and it was released in American theaters on August 15, 2008. It’s an international co-production film between the United States, Romania and Germany.
The film was originally scripted as a straightforward remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film Into the Mirror. However, once Aja was brought on board and read the script, he was dissatisfied with the particulars of the original film's story. He decided to retain the original film's basic idea involving mirrors, and to incorporate a few of its scenes, but otherwise crafted a new story and script for his version of the movie. A stand-alone sequel not featuring the original cast and crew, titled Mirrors 2, was released in 2010.
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