Alice In Wonderland (Animated) [G]

Curiosity often leads to trouble, but for Alice, it’s going to lead to a whole other world of trouble. After tumbling down a rabbit hole in a curious pursuit of a white rabbit, Alice finds herself in the strange world of Wonderland where nothing makes sense and everything is nonsense. 

Lewis Carroll’s tale of late rabbits, cards who paint, mad tea parties, and disappearing cats is brought to life in this fun and psychedelic Disney classic. 

Whilst being bored to tears during her history lesson, Alice begins to daydream of a world of her own where everything would be nonsense. Whilst concocting this fantasy, she notices a white rabbit with a waistcoat and a watch rush past exclaiming that he’s late. Curious to know what a rabbit could possibly be late for, Alice follows him and, before she knows it, she has fallen down a rabbit hole to find herself in a land where everything is nonsense. The novelty wears off as Alice becomes more and more hopelessly lost in this strange world and, without anyone able to give her any sensible answers, she’s learns that quite often it’s very good advice to follow one’s own advice. 

Disney’s Alice In Wonderland is really just a one big psychedelic trip. There are a lot of bright lights and flashing colours throughout the flick and some of the creatures the animators came up with are nothing short of insane. 

And the script is quite clever too, incorporating lines and poems from the original book. A great example of this, one that I never actually noticed until recently, is that the song that the Cheshire Cat sings is actually the poem Jabberwocky, which was in Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. 

Just a bit of trivia now… Did you know that all the versions of Alice In Wonderland that have been made are mixtures of Carroll’s two stories Alice In Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass? Example: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are actually from Looking Glass and not Wonderland. Only a tragic like me would know that. 

Featuring the voice talents of Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, J. Pat O’Malley, Bill Thompson, and Richard Haydn, Alice In Wonderland is a psychedelic trip filled with eccentric characters, cute songs, strange settings, and even stranger advice. It’s never too late to see Walt Disney’s version of Alice In Wonderland.