Phoebe in Wonderland

What a brilliant film. From the art direction, to the writing and directing this was almost flawless. The acting was above-par, and somehow, the best child actress to come along in decades, Dakota Fanning, has been upstaged by her little sister,... Full review

This film was written by a man; a fact which is confounding to me because every male character in this film was an antagonist, unless they were a homosexual 10 year-old. The school principal is preposterously unqualified and the father is... Full review

My husband brought home this movie from the video store over the weekend. Neither of us had heard about it but we will certainly be telling our friends and family to check it out. What an amazing movie with some absolutely... Full review

I remember childhood as a time of striving to fit in, or despair at not fitting in, or being in limbo between the two. Sometimes a book, like Alice in Wonderland, captured my imagination, and, for a while, it didn't matter... Full review

I saw Phoebe in Wonderland at a private screening at the LA Film Festival. I had no idea what it was about and wasn't really thrilled about spending a beautiful day inside watching a movie. I was so pleasantly surprised to... Full review

I saw this movie at the Provincetown International Film Festival, and teared-up multiple times throughout it. Elle is an amazing little actress, who captures the spirit of Phoebe beautifully, and both Felicity Hoffman and Bill Pullman do an excellent job portraying... Full review

I just saw this movie in Rochester NY at the High Falls Film Festival. Bill Pullman introduced the movie. To put it simply, this was a terrific movie! One of the best I have seen in a long time. How it... Full review

Tonight my husband , son and I went to the High Falls Film Festival in Rochester, NY to see this film. Bill Pullman spoke about the film briefly before they started the movie. My husband falls asleep during every film we... Full review

I walked into the theater during a special screening through Boston's International Film Festival only seeing the trailer and hearing bits and pieces of the plot. Let me be the first to say on the IMDb that the ensemble acting, plot... Full review

He nails his first effort, giving us a unique and fresh film blessed with a strikingly engaging cast.....Phoebe in Wonderland" is an oddly charming tale of confusion, seclusion, and a little girl just trying to find some answers.....Phoebe in Wonderland" is a dazzling dreamlike film that explores a great range of material, very relatable to many of our everyday lives.....Felicity Huffman also did very well as the struggling mother, Hillary..... ... Full Review

For the most part the movie looks fine....the movie never bored me.....I'm rarely satisfied that character motivations in dramatic films, especially....the actors merely look ridiculous.....Elle Fanning, much like her bigger and more famous sister, ably carries the entire movie on her shoulders, painting a vivid picture of her young character..... ... Full Review

These flashes into the surreal are a highlight of the film, punctuating the very reality of the situation with something childlike.....But flaws in the film will have company in the flaws it exposes in you.....Along with Fanning's acting, it's the great strength of the film.....Davis, perfectly written by Barnz.... ... Full Review

If nothing else, Phoebe in Wonderland is an outstanding vehicle for allowing Elle Fanning to demonstrate her acting chops -....thanks to her mom's intimate associations with the tale.....As mentioned, Patricia Clarkson is delightfully mysterious as Miss Dodger, who seems to be heeding her own internal muse throughout the film.....is a precocious youngster with a vivid imagination whose mother (Felicity Huffman, as Hillary) literally wrote the book on Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale..... ... Full Review

there's her sister Elle, who serves notice here with a remarkable performance as the misunderstood character of the title.....The trailer for Phoebe in Wonderland No, not every movie with a precocious, infectiously cute young girl has to star Dakota Fanning -.... ... Full Review

It's pretty clear early on that something is up with Phoebe, this little gal at the center of the story. She's "different," this much is clear, but not glaringly so. ... Full Article

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There's more than sugar and spice and everything nice in the head of the main character in writer-director Daniel Barnz's astonishing debut, "Phoebe in Wonderland" -- there's a world of contradictions that would challenge even Lewis Carroll. ... Full Article

Elle Fanning, the star of Phoebe in Wonderland , turns 11 this April. She made her debut at two, playing a younger version of her sister Dakota's character in I Am Sam, and already has 27 movie and television credits. ... Full Article

Felicity Huffman is a household name. But, that wasn't always the case. When Phoebe in Wonderland producer, Ben Barnz, approached her with the movie's script, she loved it, but said she didn't think she was famous enough to get financing... ... Full Article

Studio/Run Time: THiNKFilm, 96 mins. Not many films focus on the realities of dealing with special-needs children, so perhaps Phoebe in Wonderland should be given some points for trying to say something meaningful on the subject, even if it quickly... ... Full Article