Lack of good storyline.

Excellent, smart action film.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Does anyone know where or how I can get this Soundtrack? I love it, but can't find it on any Ravi Shankar compilation albums. If you can tell me where to find it then I will be infinitely grateful! And I will love you even more if you email me the answer to my yahoo account...it is [email protected]..... thanks! p.s. I am a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland in general and this is by far one of the best adaptations (along with jan svankmajer's "Alice") because it gives the impression that maybe alice is the one who is going insane rather than everyone around her. The cinematography is beautifully done, and the music is perfect...not to mention there is a wonderful cast. I believe that this is suitable for children, but is very much made made for adults. It is a work of art!

Most versions of Alice in Wonderland involve bratty little girls running round a brightly coloured world inhabited by clichéd characters that sing irritating songs, and the film usually has a moral of some sort. The book has been very Americanised. But not this version.What attracted me most was the way the film was shot. It was filmed on a wide angle lens, which beautifully distorts characters' faces. The scenes in which Alice drinks the 'Drink Me' bottle are cleverly done, with the wide angle lens allowing barely any need to change furniture size.Also as good is the fact the characters (The White Rabbit, The Dodo, The March Hare) do not wear any face masks or prosthetics. Instead, they are simply dressed in Victorian clothing, which allows the actors to make full use of their acting abilities.The film consists of long sequences of silence, reflecting that of an endless boring summers day. As well as this, the actors always stare off into space whenever not doing anything which gives a feeling of an old photograph.The actors are quality. The Mad Hatter's Tea Party and the Court scene are simply wonderful, with Peter Cook as the absurd Hatter and Peter Sellers as an excellent King of Hearts.Overall, this is the best version of Wonderland that's been made, in my opinion. I highly recommend it to all fans of the book.

Those in search of the usual quirky world of Wonderland--that of singing turtles and fluffy pinafores--will leave this film feeling intensely disappointed. Miller's Wonderland is a recipe of adult Victoriana and social themes, charming like an Edward Gory picture book; in other words, in the most Gothic sense. Yet, with all it's moody obscurity, it reveals itself to be unique in its presentation of adult themes within Carroll's story. Like other Victorian and Edwardian pet works of the time--Barrie's "Peter Pan" and Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Grey"--"Alice in Wonderland" revolved around themes of childhood, "growing up" and human mortality. Regarding those matters, I felt Miller truly captured the wistful, romantic mood that dominated the art of Carroll's time.However, Miller's version of "Alice in Wonderland" is not entirely somber; as Alice lounges lazily in a field, luxuriating in a hazy midsummer day--the buzzing of insects heard distinctly around her, you get a strong sense of the Trancendentalism described in works on the natural world, by writers like Thoreau and Emerson. In a story that Miller could've easily lead down the path of anticipated whimsy (one that's surely had its share of travelers, all attempting to capture the eccentric magic of Wonderland,) viewers instead find a rare time capsule of sentiment and social attitudes. Not simply a period costume drama riding on beautiful gowns and luscious filming locations, "Alice..." encapsulates the general feeling of an era.

There have been several films that attempted to bring the viewer into the dream of Lewis Carroll's Alice.. but none have succeeded like Jonathan Miller's 1966 BBC Alice in Wonderland. A legendary cast.. without costumes.. improvises Lewis Carroll's work with an unsettling brilliance. The result is a film that casts a new light.. or shadow.. on a story beloved by millions. A dark environment both in aesthetics and passion.. Jonathan Miller recreates Alice's dream into a nightmare. One that doesn't allow the viewer to get comfortable unless they can accept the evil undercurrent that moves the story forward.. or backwards. The film is cast with many legends of the screen and stage.. all of whom provide performances worthy of the legend accolade. The character of Alice is represented differently than in traditional adaptations. She seems almost removed from the "reality" taking place before her.. even at times when she is involved in the "reality" as much as the characters of her dream-world. Jonathan Miller's Alice in Wonderland for BBC television is a must-see for anyone who enjoyed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass or anyone who enjoys low budget films that are improvised into timeless masterpieces.