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Alice Through the Looking Glass |
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Regular
Price $9.98
Starring:
Charlotte Curley,
Tania Luternauer,
Paulette Williams,
Brian Gilks,
Greg Wise,
Directed By:
John Henderson,
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1999
Studio: Lions Gate
Format:
Closed-captioned,
Color,
Dolby,
DVD-Video,
Full Screen,
Subtitled,
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Editorial Reviews and
DVD Information about
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Amazon.com
A delicious combination of live-action, animation, and special effects tells the fantastical adventures of Alice as she returns to Wonderland, in this imaginative adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic story of the same name. Kate Beckinsale plays Alice, a young girl who steps through a magical mirror and is transported from the real world into an enchanted one of talking insects, nonsensical questions, and reversals of logic. Her journey is marked by mostly incomprehensible encounters with quirky characters such as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Red Queen and White Queen, and Humpty Dumpty. Beckinsale's Alice is a believable blend of curiosity, poise, and impertinence whose presence in nearly every scene carries the film. Other strong performances include Desmond Barritt, as Humpty, who recites a chilling rendition of "Beware the Jabberwocky," and Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings), as White Knight, with a soliloquy as colorful as his hair. If, as Carroll states at the end of his tale, "all life is but a dream," this wacky version is one to remember. (Ages 10 and older) --Lynn Gibson
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Customer Reviews for
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Beyond Comprehension!
Why was this made? This has no audience: too hard for children to understand and no saving grace for adults who love this classic story!
NOT WORTH EVEN ONE STAR!!!!Alice Through the Looking Glass
Some people here didn't get it...I did..
I saw this movie on tv and thought wow, I love the imagery in it and of course the sheer genius of the world play in it..so I bought the DVD. Some people may get bored with it..but I personally love this movie. Some say "It's to weird." Who cares I found it entertaining and Kate Beckinsale did an amazing job. The acting is great and I do recommend it. Kids...well..they may get bored with it cause they may not understand it. All in all..I loved it.Alice Through the Looking Glass
Ok movie
This movie was an interesting rendition of Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Can't say it's one that I'm going to watch again. A bit long winded in my opinion.Alice Through the Looking Glass
Yawn, Gov'ner.
"Easy stomach." [Lewis Carroll] Alice is 7-1/2 now. She has "B" cups and runs around in high heels. She encounters a numbing variety of nuisances each of whom vyes for the title of Most Least Relevant. Her adventure is enhanced by the technical marvel of the shoulder mounted camera. Mm-mm. This is an English picture so everybody talks everybody to death and there is nothing to wake you up when it is over. Read the book first because you probably won't understand most of them. Or want to. Don't attribute this croaker to Carroll. Pin it on Tennyson of some lesser worthy. "All in the sleepy afternoon rode the six hundred ..." If you insist on insulting yourself anyway, make sure you can get your money back. In American dollars.Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Only Alice Movie that Really Gets It
No, this is not 100% true to the book. Obviously not, since it starts in the present and stars an adult Alice. But it is one of the few Alices that keeps to the events of the one book, instead of blending both, and it is the only one I have seen to successfully convey the absurdism, the surrealism, the silliness, and the disturbing qualities--as well as the occasional touching moments. The movie is worth seeing if only for Ian Holm's beautifully melancholy rendition of "A-Sitting on a Gate" (or whatever the song is called!). Yes, the filmmakers clearly spent all their money on their cast, and not much on sets and special effects, but they supply in imagination what they lack in budget.Alice Through the Looking Glass
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