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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0014381526622
Feature: This heartfelt, fantastical story of a troubled, imaginative girl (Elle Fanning, The Door in the Floor) devoted to Alice in Wonderland explores the agonies of growing up as an outsider and the complexities of parenting. Oscar nominee* Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, TV's Desperate Housewives) gives one of the most powerful performances of her career as Phoebe's guilt-ridden mother. She and
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
MPN: TF5266DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Features:- This heartfelt, fantastical story of a troubled, imaginative girl (Elle Fanning, The Door in the Floor) devoted to Alice in Wonderland explores the agonies of growing up as an outsider and the complexities of parenting. Oscar nominee* Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, TV's Desperate Housewives) gives one of the most powerful performances of her career as Phoebe's guilt-ridden mother. She and
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
THE GUILT-RIDDEN MOTHER OF A TROUBLED, IMAGINATIVE GIRL DEVOTED TO 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' INITIALLY SEES HER DAUGHTER'S UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR AS SIGNS OF CREATIVITY. BUT WITH THE HELP OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL DRAMA TEACHER, SHE SOON REALIZES THAT HER DAUGHTER IS IN DANGER OF FALLING 'THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS'.
Amazon.com:
Daniel Barnz’s directorial debut, Phoebe in Wonderland, is an important film in regards to teaching children not to fear psychological challenges. Of course, this is also the key effort in about half of all children’s films. But what sets Phoebe in Wonderland apart from other more saccharine examples is the accurate portrayal of protagonist Phoebe’s onset of Tourette’s syndrome, and the fantasy scenes that hedge her tragic reality against an Alice in Wonderland escapism. Phoebe in Wonderland is a family drama about Phoebe Lichten (Elle Fanning), who lives with two author-parents, Hillary (Felicity Huffman) and Peter (Bill Pullman), who encourage her imagination. Phoebe yearns to participate in the school’s Alice in Wonderland performance, headed by the mysteriously alluring drama teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson), who also champions Phoebe’s strange digressions. The film traces Phoebe’s imagination as it becomes increasingly obsessive, and the viewer is privy to both Phoebe’s internalized interpretation of what is happening to her and her behaviors from an exterior perspective. This is smart, and makes for some interesting scenes, such as when Phoebe sits in the principal’s office being reprimanded, hearing both his comments and those from Wonderland, warning her about the future. Another layer of story enriches the symbolic significance of Wonderland, when one learns that Phoebe’s mother is writing a novel inspired by Carroll’s. From here, the mother-daughter evolves in complex ways, and the mother’s defense of her child is an integral part of the narrative. Like Juno, Phoebe is a bright, witty girl whose eccentricities make the movie a charmer. Though there is an unfortunately facile ending attached to Phoebe in Wonderland, it feels tacked on to a movie that provides wonderful insight into cultivating children’s tolerance of atypical behaviors, which is much needed. --Trinie Dalton
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If you know of, or have, a child who is full of light, sparkle and whimsy - plus her own person, you will find here a film to touch your heart.
Elle Fanning is phenomenally fine as Phoebe, the beautiful and strange ten year old. You will love her performance.
A small but unforgettable film in which Patricia Clarkson shines as the kind of teacher we all hope our kids will have, at least once. Instead of seeking to control, restrict or punish children, she allows them to fully ... Read More
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Elle Fanning (Dakota Fanning's Younger Sister) is the lead in this haunting and painfully beautiful film centered around Alice in Wonderland. You may recognize Elle as a younger version of Dakota in "I Am Sam" and she was also the "Future Granddaughter" of Fern in Charlotte's Web opposite her sister. However, she definitely takes center stage all on her own in Phoebe in Wonderland.
Phoebe is a disturbed young girl who is "different" according to her mother. When she gets up enough courage ... Read More
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Another politically modern mother movie to appease the feminists. You know the drill, The child is the most important thing in her life, nothing else comes close. Everything must be sacrificed for the mother's cinderella-princess fantasy she has for her daughter. The male, the husband, is portrayed as the usual irelevent, impotent, character who manages a smile and a grimace every now and then.(I don't know why men take these roles).
Finally it comes out in the movie that the mother can't stand the ... Read More
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In "Phoebe in Wonderland," Phoebe Lichten (Elle Fanning) suffers from OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and can't control what she says. She feels like an outcast at school, surrounded by peers who don't understand her condition and teachers who are annoyed by her constant disruption. Her mother, Hillary (Felicity Huffman), an aspiring author, goes head to head with a psychiatrist and school principal more concerned with medicating Phoebe so she'll conform to appropriate classroom behavior than with ... Read More
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What is a child to do when she begins to realize that she is not like other children? And that her 'different-ness' is taking a toll on her family and alienating her friends, classmates, teachers, and others? In this lovely film by Daniel Barnz, the child "Phoebe" is beyond quirky, and she suffers not only from her own behavior but from the guilt she feels when her family members are affected by it. Lost in a world that is confusing and often harsh, she has to find her way back to what others call "normal." ... Read More
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