Chasing Alice

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Rated: G

Runtime: 75 minutes

Princess/Heroine: Alice

Prince/Hero: none

Sidekicks: Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, Dormouse, Mad Hatter, March Hare, White Rabbit

Villain: Queen of Hearts

Music: “Alice in Wonderland”, “All in a Golden Afternoon”, “In a World of My Own”, “Painting the Roses Red”, “A Very Merry Un-birthday (The Un-birthday Song)”

Rating—out of 5 Mickey Mouse ears: 3 ears. ½ for Alice, 1 for Caterpillar/Cheshire Cat/Dormouse/Mad Hatter/March Hare/White Rabbit, 1 for Queen of Hearts, and ½ for music.

Alice in Wonderland ... more like Alice’s Friends in Wonderland. I enjoyed this movie but Alice was not as much the focal point of the movie as I thought she would be. She was good, but the movie is dominated by all the friends she meets along the way. Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, Dormouse, Mad Hatter, March Hare, and White Rabbit are all great in their own way. Queen of Hearts was evil with her cheating at croquet and offing with heads and such. No hero, and the music was fun but nothing stood out.

A fun movie overall, with lots of interesting characters and weirdness Alice keeps getting herself into. I have read the book, and I remember there being more of Alice in it ... I think. As far as the movie in the bracket ... well, you can’t have March Madness without the March Hare and the Mad Hatter!