Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Jackson Booth-Millard I had seen the 1951 Disney cartoon version, I had seen the 1972 Fiona Fullerton/Michael Crawford/Peter Sellers/Dudley Moore all British version, and I had seen the 2010 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter version, and this was the only other one I knew but hadn't seen. Basically Alice (Napoleon Dynamite's Tina Majorino) is getting nervous thinking about a performance she has to do in front of some distinguished guests at a garden party, but she gets distracted seeing a walking talking White Rabbit (Richard Coombs and Kiran Shah) and she follows it down the magical rabbit hole. After drinking the potion that makes her small, and eating the biscuit that makes her big she makes it into the world of Wonderland, and she is intrigued to see the beautiful garden in the distance. As Alice travels through Wonderland to reach what she desires to see, and often bumping into the White Rabbit again, Alice gets herself into mad situations, meeting equally mad characters along the way. These include bonkers Mr. Mouse (Ken Dodd), stuck up Major Caterpillar (Sir Ben Kingsley), the big Duchess (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone's Elizabeth Spriggs), always smiling Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg), the kooky Mad Hatter (Martin Short) with the March Hare (Francis Wright, Adrian Getley and Robert Tygner) and the Dormouse (Nigel Plaskitt and David Alan Barclay), the White Knight (Christopher Lloyd), brothers Fred Tweedledee (George Wendt) and Ned Tweedledum (Robbie Coltrane), who also introduce the Walrus (Peter Ustinov) and Carpenter (Pete Postlethwaite), the nervous Mock Turtle (Gene Wilder), the noble Gryphon (Donald Sinden, Robert Tygner, Adrian Getley and David Alan Barclay), and of course the bad tempered Queen of Hearts (Miranda Richardson) with King Cedric of Hearts (Simon Russell Beale). These many situations include Alice getting stuck inside the White Rabbit's house growing too big, a bizarre tea party, a game of croquet with a hedgehog and flamingos, and many incidents learning about confidence. Eventually, after a trial where she takes the stand, Alice does wake up out of Wonderland and returns to the garden part full of enough confidence to perform her little song for the crowd. Also starring Jason Flemyng as Sir Jack, the Knave of Hearts, Sheila Hancock as Cook, Liz Smith as Miss Lory, Joanna Lumley as Tiger Lily, Peter Bayliss as Mr. Dodo, Jason Byrne as Pat The Gardener and Paddy Joyce as Bill The Gardener. It may have been interesting seeing all the famous faces taking on the roles, but all overplay them too much, especially Richardson as a thick and quickly angered Queen and Short as a far too hyperactive Mad Hatter, the Jim Henson puppetry and special effects are completely wasted, it is far too long fitting everything from the Lewis Carroll's books, the overall feel is so ridiculous, it is an absolutely atrocious version of the fantasy adventure. It won the Emmys for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Movie, Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie (Dramatic Underscore) and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries or a Movie, and it was nominated Emmy Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Movie and Outstanding Main Title Design. Pretty poor!

gcd70 Enormous cast (including Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Lloyd and George Wendt) conspire to waste their collective talent on this dreary homage to Lewis Carroll's famous children's fable. Goldberg grins like an idiot throughout, while the rest of the cast behave similarly. Tina Majorino is at odds as to what she should be doing with her lost Alice. Gene Wilder does his usual comic turn as the mock-turtle, while Martin Short is the only shining light as none other than the mad hatter.Whatever fun the cast had making the film does not appear evident on screen. Perhaps they had no fun at all.Saturday, July 31, 1999 - T.V.

waltcosmos When I was 17, even though I was already reading Harrold Robbins, William Burroughs, Iceberg Slim, I also had developed a fascination for the Alice books. Couldn't quite put my finger on it. Course, when I turned 24, I discovered a take on Lewis Carroll that I would have never guessed in a million years, something that justified my re-reading the books with this new knowledge. It was mostly the revelations of his metaphores. The garden Alice was trying to get into, the unexplained growing up and growing down, the idea of the oppressors being "nothing but a pack of cards"...I won't mention what they represent as I am under a restrictive mandate to maintain the secret but it definitely changes the whole picture.This movie followed the book to a certain extent...I'm not crazy about the blending of both stories into one, to tell you the truth. It loses it's thematic thread. That is, one story is essentially about a card game, the other is about a chess game. Who plays chess and poker at the same time? Many of the scenes were surprisingly hilarious. Robbie Coltrane and George Wendt's part as Tweedledee and Tweedledum was a standout. Martin Short literally SHONE in his big courtroom scene. And the scene where Alice comes across the Duchess and her cook for the first time was excellent.However, what was particularly odd was that on the DVD, there were short bios for the main actors...and they said NOTHING about Tina being in Napolean Dynamite, they didn't breathe a WORD about Robbie Coltrane's recurring role in the Harry Potter movies...was this some kind of weird English idiosyncrasy? Then I noticed that this movie was made in 1999, way before those movies I mentioned were ever done. Still, the DVD was made AFTER them, right? You'd think they'd give a backstory.

David Parsons To the person who compared this production to the Disney animation and was disappointed: you only have yourself to blame. I imagine that you took great joy waiting in endless lines for the spinning tea cup and "Small World" rides at Disneyworldland.This was an amazing film with an amazing cast that didn't cater to John or Jane Popcorn and their 2.5 children.If you have the attention span of a gnat you'll hate this movie. If you think that Lewis Carroll is the guy in accounting, you'll hate this movie.If, on the other hand, you enjoy cinema and want to give your kids a respite from saccharine shows, you'll enjoy this treat.