Wonderland

Wonderland (1999)

  • 63% of critics liked it
    (70 reviews)

  • 81% of users liked it
    (3,030 ratings)

The members of a British working-class family see their lives starting to come apart as the Nation prepares to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day (named for an anarchist who tried to blow up Parliament) in Michael Winterbottom's drama Wonderland. Eileen (Kika Markham) and Bill (Jack Shepherd) are a married… More

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Michael Winterbottom
Written By
Laurence Coriat
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jul 28, 2000 Limited
On DVD
Mar 6, 2001
USA Films

Critic Reviews

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    Wonderland is well crafted from the editing to the acting, but it often feels like a television pilot for a calculatedly hip soap opera.

  • David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter

    The film's realistic approach to storytelling and the strong performances mesh well with Winterbottom's stylistic flourishes.

  • Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    It becomes one of those movies that hurt so good.

  • Jay Carr, Boston Globe

    It's lively soap opera, ratcheting up the intensity with freshness and immediacy.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Winterbottom and his cast make the characters' individual journeys involving and rewarding.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cassandra M


    caught this on TV without knowing who it was by and I was instantly captivated. The first thing is that it's filmed and set where I live, around the Elephant and Castle and Walworth Road, and it's about the people I see every day. It's absolutely spot on about the kind… More

  • Leo L


    Good movie. An interesting story plot.

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