Alice (Neco z Alenky)

Alice (Neco z Alenky) (1988)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (10,749 ratings)

A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll's novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', mixing one live actor (Alice) with a large variety of stop-motion animated creatures, ranging from the complex (the White Rabbit) to the incredibly simple (the Caterpillar, consisting of a sock, a couple… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Jan Svankmajer
Genres
Horror, Animation, Art House & International
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1988 Wide
On DVD
Apr 11, 2000
First Run Features

Critic Reviews

  • Caryn James, New York Times

    Though [Jan Svankmajer] strips away all sweetness and light, he does not violate Lewis Carroll's story.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    It takes us back to a time in the history of movies when audiences responded to the images on screen with a combination of awe and fear, when in submitting to them, we felt as if we were submitting to a spell.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Not necessarily for young kids, this is a surrealist version with a great deal of attention accorded to objects.

  • Anton Bitel, Eye for Film

    a triumph of the creative imagination, reordering both Lewis Carroll's original text and the drabness of the material world into a disturbing wonderland of textures and tactility

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Alice is macabre, haunting, and very true to the spirit of Carroll's book, exploring the marvels and fears of a child's imagination.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    Blissfully bizarre! Exactly how Lewis Carroll would have envisioned it had he been a crack addicted taxidermist with a fetish for sock puppets.

  • Greg S


    A young girl visits a wonderful land of white rabbits, mad hatters and skull-faced animals with razor sharp teeth in this dark and surreal stop-motion animation adaptation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. The whimsical flavor of Lewis Carroll blends astoundingly well with Jan… More

  • Conner R


    Essentially an art house interpretation of Alice In Wonderland. It's extremely bizarre and dark compared to most adaptions. The stop motion animation fits really well with the style of the film. It's very much an unknown treasure and i'd recommend it to anyone who loves… More

  • Rubia Carolina .


    I have to admit that I tried to watch it more than three times without sucess - due to the stop motion animation, it can be a bit tedious and tiredness. After maybe the third try, I watched it entirely and it ws a pleasant surrealist experience. Pretty interesting. </br>… More

  • Arash X


    It's always fun to watch Svankmajer's creativity and the film's dark edge is interesting but Alice gets a bit monotonous & unengaging at times and speaking of being unengaging I watched the dubbed version so...

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