Wonderland (2000)
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Critic Consensus: A film that tackles something as simple as everyday life and succeeds beatifully. The witty script and clever direction keep the film flowing, while the superb acting keeps it alive. It doesn't aim for the sky and for that reason it hits its mark.
Movie Info
Cast
as Debbie
as Nadia
as Molly
as Dan
as Eddie
as Tim
as Eileen
as Bill
as Darren
as Melanie
as Jack
as Franklyn
as Donna
as Alex
as Bloke in Bed with Debbie
as Nurse
as Midwife
as Policewoman
as Kelly
as Kitchen Shop Father
as Kitchen Shop Mother
as Kitchen Shop Baby
as Portuguese Neighbour
Critic Reviews for Wonderland
All Critics (70) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (26) | DVD (9)
Wonderland is well crafted from the editing to the acting, but it often feels like a television pilot for a calculatedly hip soap opera.
The film's realistic approach to storytelling and the strong performances mesh well with Winterbottom's stylistic flourishes.
It becomes one of those movies that hurt so good.
An often powerful, and more often bracing, experience.
The energy is sapped by clinging condescension in the guise of compassionate liberalism.
Wonderland feels predictable.
Audience Reviews for Wonderland
caught this on TV without knowing who it was by and I was instantly captivated. The first thing is that it's filmed and set where I live, around the Elephant and Castle and Walworth Road, and it's about the people I see every day. It's absolutely spot on about the kind of lives people around here lead and the way individuals and different social groups interact. What lifts it above the sort of social realism common in British cinema is the cutting, the cinematography and Michael Nyman's lovely music, which must be his best work post-Greenaway. While I've never been a big fan of the 'poetry of degradation' school of art, somehow the ugliness and squalor of South East London are transformed by this film and the lives of the characters are invested with real dignity. Though it may deal with the same sort of subject matter as Ken Loach or Mike Leigh, the style and approach are very different - the difference between a great piece of prose and a poem. I guess you could say Winterbottom and Nyman do for London what Scorsese and Herrmann did for New York in Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. This is a beautiful film and I feel real gratitude to Michael Winterbottom for bringing our lives to the screen in such a way.
Super Reviewer
Good movie. An interesting story plot.
Super Reviewer
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