Synopsis
A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- CherRusty Dennis
- Sam ElliottGar
- Eric StoltzRocky Dennis
- Estelle GettyEvelyn
- Richard DysartAbe
- Laura DernDiana
- Micole MercurioBabe
- Harry Carey, Jr.Red
- Dennis BurkleyDozer
- Lawrence MonosonBen
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Mask is a wonderful movie, a story of high spirits and hope and courage. - 88
Chicago Tribune
It's an old lesson, but one well told with fresh faces in Mask. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Stoltz is simply amazing in the variety, the humor and the absolute lack of self-pity with which he draws Rocky, whose spirit soars so far beyond his body. - 80
Time Out
Bogdanovich invests the story with warmth, generosity and considerable power. - 80
Variety
Based on a true story, Mask is alive with the rhythms and textures of a unique life. Both in the background and foreground, Mask draws a vivid picture of life among a particular type of lower middle class Southern California whites. Much of the credit for keeping the film from tripping over must go to the cast, especially Stoltz, who, with only his eyes visible behind an elaborate makeup job, brings a lively, life-affirming personality to his role without a trace of self-pity. - 75
Miami Herald
It is shameless, and I have the feeling that it is not always wholly honest with us or with its subjects. But it is so well made that we are compelled to forgive its sins. Only a cynic could deny its appeal. [22 Mar 1985, p.D10] - 70
Washington Post
Mask is a tear-jerker in the sense that your dentist is a tooth jerker -- it yanks on your heart with pliers. That said, the story it has to tell is so unutterably sad and inspiring that the movie works in spite of itself. [22 Mar 1985, p.C1] - 60
The New York Times
All of the performances are limited by the material and, in the case of Mr. Stoltz, by Michael Westmore's quite spectacular makeup. The exception - and the film's best sequence - occurs when Rusty's very middle-class, well-meaning parents, played by Estelle Getty and Richard Dysart, come to visit. In these few, brief minutes, Mask becomes specific and interesting. Otherwise it's the kind of story that would work better as a television feature.
