Mask

Mask (1985)

  • 93% of critics liked it
    (27 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (43,268 ratings)

This is the true story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a personable young man suffering from "lionitis," a fatal disease which causes hideous facial disfigurement. The son of freewheeling biker Rusty Dennis (Cher), Rocky is accepted without question by his mom's boyfriends and cycle… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Anna Hamilton Phelan
Genres
Drama, Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 8, 1985 Wide
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    The film's undeniable impact comes from Bogdanovich's willingness to go too far with practically every emotional moment, while maintaining a distant, classical visual style that gives the film a surface dignity and reserve.

  • Derek Adams, Time Out

    Bogdanovich invests the story with warmth, generosity and considerable power.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    A wonderful movie, a story of high spirits and hope and courage.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    One of those movies that try so hard to get their supposedly universal message across that they are likely to put your teeth on edge more often than they bring one little, lonely teardrop to the eye.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Exremely well acted family melodrama about a disfigured boy that in the hands of another director could have been a schmaltzy TV Movie of the Week

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim C


    A movie with a lot a heart. But sadly nobody wants to watch such a sad story ever again.

  • ♥Robyn


    Unlike the tale of the handsome prince who exists inside a toad, ''Mask'' is a movie whose ugly exterior hides not a beautiful soul but a sentimental one...

  • Jason S


    I remember watching this movie when I was younger wondering when the rig was going to drive out and turn into the command center like it does on the cartoon. When I finally figured out that this movie and the cartoon M.A.S.K. were not the same thing I found that it was a pretty good… More

  • Spencer S


    One of those movies you just need to see to truly understand.

  • Randy T


    My introduction to the talents of Eric Stoltz. This is an emotional, loosely adapted true story that, as good as it is, might have been better served as an idie production. Not surprisingly, Universal Studios spruced it up, polished it, sugar-coated it, and eliminated about 50% of… More

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