The famed Lewis Carroll books gets the Disney treatment and the result is some of the trippiest, funniest and most unbelievable imagery ever put on film.
You know the story: little Alice spots a White Rabbit and follows it down the rabbit hole into a bizarre and surreal land of talking animals, bad manners and some unsettling monarchs. The story is loaded with pure nonsense but I loved every single minute, character and idea.
The Disney version of the story gets one thing right that most other versions fail tremendously at and that would be the casting. Everyone is spot on here with Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, Bill Thompson, and Richard Hayden just shining as the trippy and weirdo residents of Wonderland. A particular stand-out is Holloway as The Chesire Cat. He is cast to perfection and embodies the part with all the qualities we now associate with the character: slinky, weird, menacing and funny.
This review almost cannot do justice to the film. It has some terrific animation, great performances, and some very catchy songs (14 songs total and it never feels bloated). I strongly urge any Disney or Carroll or animation fan to seek this out. You won't be sorry.
You know the story: little Alice spots a White Rabbit and follows it down the rabbit hole into a bizarre and surreal land of talking animals, bad manners and some unsettling monarchs. The story is loaded with pure nonsense but I loved every single minute, character and idea.
The Disney version of the story gets one thing right that most other versions fail tremendously at and that would be the casting. Everyone is spot on here with Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, Bill Thompson, and Richard Hayden just shining as the trippy and weirdo residents of Wonderland. A particular stand-out is Holloway as The Chesire Cat. He is cast to perfection and embodies the part with all the qualities we now associate with the character: slinky, weird, menacing and funny.
This review almost cannot do justice to the film. It has some terrific animation, great performances, and some very catchy songs (14 songs total and it never feels bloated). I strongly urge any Disney or Carroll or animation fan to seek this out. You won't be sorry.