Alice in Wonderland


By Julia Szabo


Alice in Wonderland

Disney, 2010, 108 minutes

To view the trailer, go here

Tim Burton's retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic is as eye-opening and extremely imaginative as any of his previous films. It cleverly splices together the story of a little girl - actually, now she's a young woman - who falls down a rabbit hole with another Carroll classic, the nonsensical poem "Jabberwocky." We won't say exactly how, because the suspense of watching how the director unfolds this unusual melding accounts for the movie's biggest thrills.

What we will say is that this delightful movie is a powerful, and powerfully entertaining, female-empowerment parable, a treat for girls of all ages, and that a dog plays an important part on Alice's journey of personal growth (this is Tim Burton, after all, so rest assured that the scenes in which she turns into a giant, then shrinks back down, are expertly executed).

One of Alice's many guides in Wonderland, besides the Mad Hatter (a brilliant-as-usual Johnny Depp) happens to be a talking Bloodhound named Bayard. Then again, all of Wonderland's animals are Alice's allies, the realistic ones as well as the fantastical figments of Carroll's imagination (the Blue Caterpillar is voiced by the great Alan Rickman).

This movie may be seen as a compelling argument in favor of being kind to dogs and all creatures, big and small. Here's the incentive: If we are kind to animals, it will follow that - in the best Disney tradition, from Cinderella on forward - they will come through for us when we find ourselves in a pinch, as Alice does from the beginning of this film until its happy end.

Presence of dogs: reelreel
Respect for dogs: reelreelreelreel
Canine star quality: reelreelreelreel
Family friendly: reelreelreelreel

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