Phoebe in Wonderland

Starring: Fanning, Elle and Huffman, Felicity

This heartfelt, fantastical story of a troubled, imaginative girl (Elle Fanning, The Door in the Floor) devoted to Alice in Wonderland explores the agonies of growing up as an outsider and the complexities of parenting. Oscar nominee* Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, TV's Desperate Housewives) gives one of the most powerful performances of her career as Phoebe's guilt-ridden mother. She and her perplexed husband (Bill Pullman, Independence Day) initially see Phoebe's unusual behavior as signs of creativity, but with the help of an unconventional drama teacher (Oscar nominee** Patricia Clarkson, Lars and the Real Girl), they soon realize that their daughter is in danger of falling "through the looking glass."

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 014381526622
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Image/Sphe
• Director: Barnz, Daniel
• Starring: Fanning, Elle, Huffman, Felicity
• Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Color; Dolby; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Off with her head.

By now, you know this is not another rendition of Alice or some x-rated story. However, no review can come near to preparing you for what you are about to watch. An intelligent young girl is facing people who force structure in everyday life on her and seem to have an unreasonable in for her. Her mother defends her daughter’s actions, as children will be children. Phoebe seems to do best when she is concentrating on a school play of Alice in Wonderland. Yes, the film centers on Phoebe, but looking at the story, you will see that most of the major characters from the family, to the school, to others, each carry their own emotional baggage and not just through Phoebe’s eyes. How does each person deal with Phoebe’s onset of OCD, and will they recognize it? More important is how we react like any of the characters in this drama?