DVD Review: Phoebe in Wonderland (Theatrical Release Packaging): Patricia Clarkson, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Peter Gerety, Elle Fanning, Bobby Bukowski, Christophe Beck, Daniel Barnz, Robert Hoffman: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: Phoebe in Wonderland (Theatrical Release Packaging): Patricia Clarkson, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman, Campbell Scott, Peter Gerety, Elle Fanning, Bobby Bukowski, Christophe Beck, Daniel Barnz, Robert Hoffman: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 23 June, 10:16 PM

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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.” *Best Actress: Transamerica, 2005 **Best Supporting Actress: Pieces of April, 2003

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Great performances, great film,

By Steve Kuehl “SLV Video” (Ben Lomond, CA) -

This review is from: Phoebe in Wonderland (DVD)

The hype of this film prior to me even getting it in the store was higher than I had anticipated and I am actually having to order twice as many now. After playing it for screening audiences, word of mouth is making the demand even greater.

The Amazon editorial delves plenty deep into all of the characteristics and relationships being played in this film and to what adequacy the acting appeared. I was thoroughly impressed with how everyone filled their roles to where both kids and adults would get something out of this. The visuals of fantasy and reality blurring together were done believably, and the resulting outlooks left with the viewer about adults in a kids world were moving and well written.

Pullman was useless in the film as a father, but he played it perfect, as did Huffman in another obscure mother character role. Fanning proves she has a bright future with how she convinced both kids and adults what she was feeling and seeing in both worlds. The quality of the picture was adequate, and would be a solid case for HD with all of the colors used. The 5.1 gets used more often than one would think for a dialogue and fantasy film, but they stopped short with no special features of any kind.

The two cover art DVDs are exactly the same except for the picture, no content or feature differences (both 100 minutes). For parents that are wondering about the rating, the PG13 does exist due to several gay themed words being used and a couple cuss words. Hope you enjoy.
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