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Mirrors

Year:

2008

Duration:

110 min | 112 min (unrated version)

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-08-15

Filming Locations: Romania

Earnings

Budget: $35,000,000

Opening Weekend: $11,161,074 (USA) (17 August 2008)

Gross: $30,691,439 (USA) (23 November 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kiefer Sutherland

Ben Carson

Paula Patton

Amy Carson

Cameron Boyce

Michael Carson

Erica Gluck

Daisy Carson

Amy Smart

Angela Carson

Mary Beth Peil

Anna Esseker

John Shrapnel

Lorenzo Sapelli

Jason Flemyng

Larry Byrne

Tim Ahern

Dr. Morris

Julian Glover

Robert Esseker

Josh Cole

Gary Lewis

Ezra Buzzington

Terrence Berry

Aida Doina

Rosa (as Doina Aida Stan)

Ioana Abur

Front Desk Sister

Darren Kent

Jimmy Esseker

Roz McCutcheon

Jimmy's Mother

Adina Rapiteanu

Young Anna

William Meredith

Young Doctor

Bart Sidles

Police Inspector

Cai Man

Neighbor

Jingdong Qin

Neighbor

Anca Damacus

Burning Woman

Tudor Stroescu

Delivery Man

Liliana Donici

Mirror Person

Aurelia Radulescu

Mirror Person

George Dumitrescu

Mirror Person

Irina Saulescu

Mirror Person

Valeriu Pavel

Mirror Person

Daniel Smith Coleman

Man (uncredited)

Peter Sebastian Wrobell

Student (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Amy Smart had to be fed through a straw for her big bathroom scene as she obviously was unable to open her mouth.

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Paula Patton was cast because director Alexandre Aja and producer Grégory Levasseur had previously considered her for their production P2 (2007).

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Grégory Levasseur had to fill in as director for the scene where Kiefer Sutherland thinks he's on fire as Alexandre Aja had to leave urgently. His wife had just gone into premature labor.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 35 mins) After the mirrors explode, Ben Carson picks up and holds the flash light as if he was holding a screwdriver. He then crossed his wrists, with the gun in the strong hand and the flashlight in the weak hand, palm up. However, the flashlight hand below the gun hand. From the front, as he enters the mirror room, he is holding the flashlight with his palm down, but the flashlight is over his strong arm. From the back, after he steps in, he is holding the flashlight below the gun. This changes two more times.

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(at around 1h 24 mins) Ben hands the photo of his family to Anna, a nun who is wearing a wedding ring. When a woman becomes a nun, she takes vows and considers herself married to God. Anna's wedding ring shows her commitment to her religion.

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(at around 1h 40 mins) When Ben is fighting with the woman that was Anna in the basement of the hospital, he pulls a pipe from the wall, and steam pours out. For steam to come out the system would have to be pressurized - unlikely as the boiler room and hospital had been derelict for 50 years.

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Quotes

Ben Carson: You polish them?

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Ben Carson: I haven't had a drink. I've got a new job to hold me over until I'm reinstated. I'm doing everything I can to get back on my feet again.

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Ben Carson: I know who did this.

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Faq

What are the differences between the r-rated and unrated version?

In order to obtain an r-rating the theatrical version had to be cut slightly. Only violent scenes were altered. The unrated version includes those scenes which were cut before. Both versions have been released on the same DVD in the USA. A detailed comparison between the theatrical version and the unrated version can be found here.

Is there something during / at the end of the credits ?

At the end, the movie title is written as if it was seen in a mirror.

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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