Overview: Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Castaway) brings 'Welcome to Marwen', a bold, wondrous and timely film that is a miraculous true story of one broken man's fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.

When a devastating attack leaves Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) shattered and without his memory, no one expected recovery.

But by putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous fantasy world, where he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

His astonishing art installation becomes a testament to the powerful women who support him on his journey.

Blu-ray Verdict: Releasing this April 9th, 2019, 'Welcome To Marwen' tells the story based around Mark Hogancamp and the fictional town of Marwen.some elements that it could've improved on.

This movie presents a compelling story about a man who has lost nearly everything in his life and uses model homes and dolls to create a story as a coping mechanism.

I found this to be a very intriguing idea for a story, because it presents the audience with a way to look into Mark's past and his trauma. For the most part I think they handled it pretty well. Indeed, the incredible visual are easily the film's strongest element. Leslie Mann continues her string of solid performances, her glee and charm certainly improves the watch when she finally gets time to shine. Janelle Monae is astonishing limited, it is hard not to think if she had a larger role the film would've hugely improved.

Gwenodline Christie is unfortunately tragically miscast. It is perplexing trying to conclude why it was necessary to hire a British actress as a Russian! Christie does her best to pull of the role, but it's painfully obvious this usual brilliant actress was miscast.

Finally, and thankfully, the CGI for the dolls was a dazzling sight to behold. I know it's nothing new considering what has gone before - especially within all the Toy Story's - but here I really enjoyed the way Zemeckis presented the actual "world" of Marwen.

Not a perfect film in my eyes, the pacing is blocky and ranges painfully, which is the typical feel for any "real life" scene we encounter, of course. The script, overall, and not knowing the real story behind the film, left me shaking my head at times.

At times extremely poor in its treatment and scope, it was evident the dialog aimed to be child friendly; which damaged the end product, in my humble opinion.

As for the Special Features included, the stand out for me are the two featurettes 'Marwen's Citizens' and 'Living Dolls.' The former is a name-dropping insight into all the characters on display in Marwen, whereas the latter is a quite brilliant motion-capture look into how these dolls were "brought to life". This is a Widescreen Presentation (2.39:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs via 1080p and comes with the Special Features of:

Deleted Scenes
Marwen's Citizens
A Visionary Director
Building Marwen
Living Dolls

'Welcome To Marwen' Official Trailer

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