Morbius Fitzgerald This is a little different to my previous reviews but overall, it may be hard for some of you to believe...but I love film. Its the only medium that, I feel, can either collect our dreams and offer escapism or show us the cruelness of reality. Phoebe In Wonderland is strangely enough both of these things, a combination I haven't seen since Return To Oz.The plot centers around Phoebe Lichten (played by Elle Fanning), a girl with a social disability (I'm not that great on the details) who loves Wonderland. She signs up for the school performance of Alice In Wonderland while dealing with the everyday bullying from all of her classmates who just don't understand her. She befriends the Drama teacher and surprisingly gets the part of Alice and does a good job with the role.Now the core theme of this film, from what I gathered, was social acceptance. When she is told about her problem, she gives an oral based on it and what its like to live with it. Amazingly, you'd think that would be the most depressing thing about this film. This film has many moments where you can't help but feel sorry for this girl but this scene is actually a moment in the film where she is accepted amongst her peers.Now this film, even within 24 hours of seeing it, has become a personal film for me. I have asperges and I've had a hard time making friends and, like Phoebe, my escape is in the arts (film for me) which made her all the more relatable. Don't get me wrong, her social problem is much worse and her exclusion is much worse (her little sister actually wanted "another one" which shows the lack of understanding children have overall with problems such as this).Can I also say that I loved the scenes with Phoebe and Miss Dodger interacting. She literally felt like the only person that understood her, and that includes her parents. This character is someone that I would consider a great character. She played the role with a kind of "Willy Wonka" type persona (although she doesn't put up death traps for the kids to walk into). She was different and her methods were unusual but she got the job done. I also love this one scene where the Principal had previously taken her out of the play and she actually physically told him where to "shove it" because the Principal was a spineless and eventually, she's put back in.Overall, its worth checking out. I mean its not for everyone but I do think that overall its a great movie. So if you're into the "realm" of childhood (which, I thought, was hit right on the head), this is for you.

StarSassy Elle Fanning was just.. I have no words. Why didn't she get any fame from this and yet she did for Somewhere, where she didn't do much? She was brilliant in Phoebe In Wonderland. She really made the film a whole lot better. At first I thought it was going to be boring but now I have changed my mind completely. If nobody has watched this yet, then I think you should. This isn't a kids film, which at first, I thought it was. The Trailer makes it look like It's about a girl who gets a role In an play, but actually there's more to it than meets the eye. I especially liked the part where Phoebe's mum noticed that Phoebe had been hurting herself, I actually got tears In my eyes.

tbrusse This movie had the potential to be a really good film. The kids who played Phoebe, Jamie and Phoebe's sister were very good. The basic plot line was good. However, there was so much about this film that was unrealistic. First of all, In the film, (here is the spoiler) Phoebe is diagnosed with Tourettes and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). However, Phoebe has halucinations, depression and even jumps off of an upper part of the stage to follow her imaginary friend. These all cannot be explained, and therefore fixed, by exclaiming that Phoebe has Tourettes. Also, the way the school was handled was unrealistic. What school leaves a group of 10 and 11 year old students alone in a play rehearsal as they go to fire the teacher? What teacher allows students to call another student a killer in the middle of their class? What school allows students (multiple students) to hang out on their roof? There was way too much that was so out-of-the-box unrealistic.

kill-the-boxtrolls This movie is about a 9-year-old whose obsession is Alice in Wonderland. Although she has mental illness but the school sets up a play about Alice in Wonderland more like a musical and Phoebe requests to play Alice but everyone wants a try out for Alice (which is not a responsibility...) Phoebe has a sister named Olivia, played by the charmer Bailee Madision at about 7 years of age. Phoebe is obviously older than her sister but has a spitting illness, when something doesn't go her way that makes her angry, she starts spitting on people which I kinda eww'ed about. I don't think this film could be for little children due to strong foul language and rough crude humor. But in that case, I really enjoyed a kind of spin-off of Alice in Wonderland called Phoebe in Wonderland but there's also other versions of Alice in Wonderland with a character-name-in-title thing, Malice in Wonderland that almost rhymes with Alice and some other versions I can't think of. Phoebe in Wonderland was tres delightful and imaginative for me, with a little inspiration and imagination, you get to see your own wonderland only through a Child's eye. Which is called Child's point of view. I'm young but I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed every minute of this movie and laugh at every five humorous minutes. It's comic and drama, good for the whole family viewing. In that case, it reminds me of movies like My Girl but different. She as a friendly sister and is already taught to get over an over dramatic little sister. Bailee Madison still had her charming touch on Bridge to Terabithia but still wins the hearts of millions at only her tender age of ten. Every actress and actor did well performing dramatic acting and comedy mixture, well done.