Sunday, November 12, 2017

Alice in Wonderland (1951)


RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, et al
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Walt Disney)

Alice follows the perennially late, hurried white rabbit down the rabbit hole, where she finds a dreamlike world inhabited by unusual characters. She changes her size by eating various things, from cookies to mushrooms, which allows her to pass through small doors. After some preliminary adventures involving Tweedledum and Tweedledee, some talking flowers and a Cheshire Cat, she ends up at a mad tea party hosted by the March Hare. They talk mostly nonsense about things such as unbirthdays, causing Alice to leave for home. However, she gets lost and ends up at the castle of the Queen of Hearts, where she plays a croquet match for her life. Colorful Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, though it feels a bit watered down at times.

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