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Alice

A film made for children… perhaps?

1988 · 1h 26m · Not Rated Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Directed by Jan Švankmajer

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Overview

A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare - no matter how twisted or odd that way must be. A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland".

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95%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The definitive version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh

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

Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh

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.

Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh

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

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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