Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland (2004)

Director:

Robert Rugan

Writer:

Robert Rugan (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

We are all mad here

Plot:

A contemporary remake of Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Alice finds herself bored and fed up with the world around her...

Plot Keywords:

Birmingham Alabama | Monroeville Alabama | Alice In Wonderland | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Maggie Henry	...	Alice Liddell
Cullen Carr	...	Kat (as Chris Carr)
Will Keenan	...	Queen of Hearts
Melba Sibrel	...	The Duchess
Kyle Holman	...	Her Hatta
Chris Garrison	...	GasMask
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Austin	...	Director
Creed Bowlen	...	The King A.D.
Ashley LeConte Campbell	...	News anchor
William Cleckler	...	Defense
Nick Crawford	...	2, 5, and 7
Reagan Denson	...	Mumble Mouth
Hunter Lawley	...	Jack Heart
Michael Leslie	...	Darkman #1
Rome Moore	...	Suicide Observer
Kaylen Moyers	...	Mumble Mouth's Sister
Lee Naves	...	Prosecutor
Jackson Pyle	...	The Eyes
Matt Reece	...	Bluescreen Boy
Scott Stewart	...	Suicide Guy
Kevin Wayne	...	Cop
Brian Webber	...	Mr. Jones
Mindy Wester	...	Darkman #2
Charles D. White	...	Couch Potato

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Movie Connections:

Version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910)

Too Serious

So many of the comments about this movie are way too serious.

There are at least two comments to the effect that Carroll's tale was ruined. Well I would argue that the spirit of the original is definitely intact. It is all absurd, it is not a series of inside jokes (and if it is they still play funny to me the uninitiated) rather it is a series of absurd experiences that reference the noise of everyday life. That is what L.C. did in the original he wrote a series of absurd events that echo clichés and experience contemporaneous with his writing. If you so easily get Carroll's joke then you are either amazingly old or you have done outside reading that contextualizes his writings, we don't need that here all of the absurdities referenced are around us everyday.

The nay saying and negativity of the other comments can be be easily tossed aside as the whining of traditionalists faced with a radical reinterpretation of a beloved work.

Comparisons as odious as they are...this is better than Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet which is arguably in the same vein. This succeeds where the other fails. They do not seek to simply reset the existing text or previous interpretations in the modern world, they seek to reinterpret the story in the modern world.

I enjoyed despite my desire to find fault with it an want to write it off as a series of inside jokes or pretentious attempts at depth...these are not evident in the movie, if they are there again it is still enjoyable, so please if you have read the all the comments do not let the naysayers dissuade you from watching this feature, plus it will be a chance to support truly independent film making. And remember that sour grapes can be served up in online reviews.