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A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.
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- TriviaMaggie Grace replaced Mischa Barton.
- GoofsAs Whitey is speeding along in his taxi, his fare box says "Hired" and shows an active fare of £40.50 and counting. But moments later, when he hits Alice, it's revealed that his taxi is empty.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Felix Chester: Circles. Circles. We all move in circles.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Angela and Friends: Episode #1.54 (2010)
- SoundtracksBring Back Her Head
Written by Holly Ross
Published by Copyright Control
Performed by Angelica
Master recording licensed courtesy of Fantastic Plastic Records
Featured review
A low budget, high talent gem
Viewed at the Marche du Film, Festival de Cannes 2009
With not a lot of money but a bundle of ideas, director Simon Fellows and writer Jayson Rothwell, have come up with a massively entertaining twist on the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland. Only this time it's a young woman with amnesia, a taxi-driver, assorted gangsters, druggies and weirdos who feature.
At the same time, Malice in Wonderland stays true to the novel on which its based, proving that old ideas can still be the best; same story, new version, as it were.
Maggie Grace makes an interesting Alice, here a young American on the run from (and also towards) something, if only she knew what. Some of the dialogue between her and Whitey, the taxi driver, is excellent. Scratch that! A lot of the dialogue is excellent, with some great lines to cut out and keep for future use.
It's clear that a low budget has been made to go a long way, but view it as a lot of bang for low bucks and not as cloth being cut too thinly. What surprises about this film is just how assured it is.
Quibbles? Nothing of note, really. It would, theoretically, be nice to have seen what would have resulted had the production budget been higher, but then the film would perhaps have lost some, if not all, of its edge.
As a calling card, Malice in Wonderland shows some real talent at work. The basic question, is it worth paying to see? Absolutely!
With not a lot of money but a bundle of ideas, director Simon Fellows and writer Jayson Rothwell, have come up with a massively entertaining twist on the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland. Only this time it's a young woman with amnesia, a taxi-driver, assorted gangsters, druggies and weirdos who feature.
At the same time, Malice in Wonderland stays true to the novel on which its based, proving that old ideas can still be the best; same story, new version, as it were.
Maggie Grace makes an interesting Alice, here a young American on the run from (and also towards) something, if only she knew what. Some of the dialogue between her and Whitey, the taxi driver, is excellent. Scratch that! A lot of the dialogue is excellent, with some great lines to cut out and keep for future use.
It's clear that a low budget has been made to go a long way, but view it as a lot of bang for low bucks and not as cloth being cut too thinly. What surprises about this film is just how assured it is.
Quibbles? Nothing of note, really. It would, theoretically, be nice to have seen what would have resulted had the production budget been higher, but then the film would perhaps have lost some, if not all, of its edge.
As a calling card, Malice in Wonderland shows some real talent at work. The basic question, is it worth paying to see? Absolutely!
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- Malice in Sunderland
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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