Phoebe in Wonderland

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Cast & Crew

Felicity Huffman
Hillary Lichten

Patricia Clarkson
Miss Dodger

Elle Fanning
Phoebe Lichten

Bill Pullman
Peter Lichten

Campbell Scott
Principal Davis

Bailee Madison
Olivia Lichten

Ian Colletti
Jamie

Madhur Jaffrey
Miss Reiter

Daniel Barnz
Director

Daniel Barnz
Writer

Lynette Howell Taylor
Producer

Ben Barnz
Producer

Doug Dey
Executive Producer

Chris Finazzo
Executive Producer

Bobby Bukowski
Cinematographer

Christophe Beck
Original Music

Robert Hoffman
Film Editing

Thérèse DePrez
Production Design

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Audience Reviews for Phoebe in Wonderland

• Nov 14, 2013

  The film's strength lies in its candid portrayal of a young girl afflicted and in Elle Fanning's Phoebe. Full review later.
  Thomas B Super Reviewer
• Jun 05, 2012

  A troubled ten-year-old gets cast as Alice in the school play version of Alice in Wonderland and copes with the pressures of growing up different than her peers. Stellar performances by everyone in the cast carry this film. Elle Fanning has all the natural charm her sister has and is equally wise beyond her years. Felicity Huffman and Patricia Clarkson are also quite good, and Bill Pullman has moments of emotional expression that are rare for him. I liked that that film took its characters seriously and that this didn't attempt to be a contemporary re-telling of Alice in Wonderland. Rather, the film is about a child coping with what could be either eccentricity or mental illness, and for the characters in the film, the line between those two conditions is as fluid as it should be in real life. Aside from the principal, there isn't a villain (even the principal is more of a weak douche than a true villain), just people of different perspectives trying to resolve the Phoebe's problems. I didn't like the ending, and I thought that Phoebe's antics occasionally got petulant, making her character less identifiable. Overall, Phoebe in Wonderland is a strong, sensitive drama about growing up different with just the right touch of Lewis Carroll whimsy.
  Jim H Super Reviewer
• Jan 08, 2011

  This is NOT a childrens' movies. Don't go to Red-Box see the cover and think "O how sweet! A new Alice in Wonderland with Dakota Fannings' little sister!" That is a falsehood! Bad adevertising. Let me tell you what this movie is actually about. Phoepe (fanning) Has always had trouble following the rules and was always told by her mother that being different is a good thing. As she enters 3rd grade (i think) she finds following the rules harder than usual. Spitting on her classmates and yelling out whatever she thinks. He Mother (Huffman) is attempting to write a book on Lewis Carol and his infamous book, but finds starting the book hard while dealing with two extremely immaginatve young girls and an unsupporting husband. Phoebe finds refuge in her class play Alice in Wonderland where she is cast in the title role. She befriends her director, wonderfully played by Patricia Clarkson. But as her parents push her farther into therapy and trying to understand their daughters unruliness, Phoebe goes further down the rabbit whole and further away from reality. This is definitely a PARENTS movie. I really enjoyed it. The performances are raw and believable. A bit long but it had good closure to the ending.
  Morgan S Super Reviewer
• Dec 06, 2010

  This wasn't the movie I wanted it to be. It's about a troubled girl who finds her school's production of Alice In Wonderland, which ends up becoming a strain on her sister and her parents. I don't know what the point of it was, it was just a tough movie with not much cute.
  Alexis N Super Reviewer