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Alice in Wonderland (1951)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 5

A good introduction to Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland boasts some of the Disney canon's most surreal and twisted images.

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Critic Reviews: 3
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A good introduction to Lewis Carroll's classic, Alice in Wonderland boasts some of the Disney canon's most surreal and twisted images.

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Produced and directed by Lou Bunin, this film combines puppetry with live action, with Carol Marsh as Alice. It is a truly imaginative rendition of the Lewis Carroll classic.

Feb 1, 2011

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What's really disappointing is the undistinguished animation: the film looks and plays more like the Disney shorts than the Disney features.

November 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (11)
Chicago Reader
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Walt Disney has gone a long way towards tightening the leisurely, haphazard adventure of Alice in the wonderland of her imagination.

May 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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If you are not too particular about the images of Carroll and Tenniel, if you are high on Disney whimsey and if you'll take a somewhat slow, uneven pace, you should find this picture entertaining.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Disney's radical animated classic finds its way into their unimpeachable Blu-ray catalog with all the walking bells and floating whistles.

February 12, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

I'm not sure there's anyone alive that believes the 1951 film lives up to Lewis Carroll's deathless 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but the animated feature remains a perfectly decent slice of kid-friendly surrealism...[Blu-ray]

February 11, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment

plays as a series of colorful, but uneven setpieces that lack an interesting or emotionally engaging heroine to tie them together

February 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | Comment
Q Network Film Desk

Charm and relative simplicity play like a time capsule of animated movies past, which remind us of the Disney products that captivated our grandparents.

January 22, 2011 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | Comment
Cinema Signals

Surreal Disney classic with wild-card characters.

September 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

An emotionally chilly exercise... At the same time it is gorgeous indeed, one of the most singular movies in the Disney canon visually.

November 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

Fifty years on the movie is clearly due a reappraisal. It's colourful, fun and as surreal as Disney is ever likely to get, this isn't as good as the books, but works as a cute introduction to them.

November 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

An enjoyable if rather pallid rendering of Carroll's classic tale.

November 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

The film is dazzling in its use of color and odd shapes and is enhanced by the distinctive voices of Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter, Sterling Holloway as the Cheshire Cat, Jerry Colonna as the March Hare, and Verna Felton as the Queen of Hearts.

November 3, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Disney's animated musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic is enjoyable and contains a few twisted touches and slanted visuals.

March 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Alice in Wonderland

Trippy as hell. Comes to show how twisted Disney's minds can be. I wasn't interested throughout CUZ I DON'T SMOKE BRO

October 27, 2011
Albert Kim

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Good

June 14, 2011
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Alexander Diminiano

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