Alice in Wonderland (1999)
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33% of critics liked it
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59% of users liked it
(24,153 ratings)
This Disney feature-length cartoon combines the most entertaining elements of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Chasing after the White Rabbit, who runs into view singing "I'm Late! I'm Late!," Alice falls down the rabbit hole into the… More This Disney feature-length cartoon combines the most entertaining elements of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Chasing after the White Rabbit, who runs into view singing "I'm Late! I'm Late!," Alice falls down the rabbit hole into the topsy-turvy alternate world of Wonderland. She grows and shrinks after following the instructions of a haughty caterpillar, attends a "Very Merry Unbirthday" party in the garden of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare, stands in awe as the Cheshire Cat spouts philosophy, listens in rapt attention as Tweedledum and Tweedledee relate the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter (a sequence usually cut when Alice is shown on TV), and closes out her day with a hectic croquet game at the home of the Red Queen. The music and production design of Alice in Wonderland is marvelous, but the film is too much of a good thing, much too frantic to do full honor to the whimsical Carroll original, and far too episodic to hang together as a unified feature film. One tactical error is having Alice weep at mid-point, declaring her wish to go home: This is Alice in Wonderland, Walt, not Wizard of Oz! Its storytelling shortcomings aside, Alice in Wonderland is superior family entertainment (never mind the efforts in the 1970s to palm off the picture as a psychedelic "head" film). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nick Willing
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Television, Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
G,
- In Theaters
- Feb 28, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Artisan Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
The Flop that tried
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Dismal: Stick with the Disney version instead
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
. Her crazy adventure teaches Alice about change, the multiple uses of words, curiosity, nonsense, and the great mysteries of life
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Cast
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Kathryn Beaumont
as Alice
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Ed Wynn
as Mad Hatter
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Richard Haydn
as Caterpillar
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Sterling Holloway
as Cheshire Cat
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Jerry Colonna
as March Hare
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Verna Felton
as Queen of Hearts
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Heather Angel
as Alice's sister
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Joseph Kearns
as Doorknob
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Larry Grey
as Bill
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Queenie Leonard
as Bird in the Tree
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Dink Trout
as King of Hearts
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Doris Lloyd
as The Rose
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James MacDonald (II)
as Dormouse
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The Mello Men
as Card Player
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Don Barclay
as Card
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Pat O'Malley
as Carpenter, Dee, Dum, Walrus
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Bill Thompson
as Dodo, White Rabbit
- Wilfred Jackson
- Hamilton Luske
- Robbie Coltrane
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Ben Kingsley
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Christopher Lloyd
- Miranda Richardson
- Martin Short
