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A modern day twist on the classic story of Alice in Wonderland, set in seedy world of British gangsters.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
An American student (Maggie Grace - Shannon from Lost) gets hit by a cab whilst running away from her father. Feeling guilty and already running late, Whitey (Danny Dyer) throws her in the cab and takes her with him to wonderland, promising to return her when he concludes his business there. Alice comes round with total amnesia and the rest of the film is spent trying to piece together what happened to her and who she is. Ultimately she finds out her name is Alice Dodgson (Literary scholars will be happy here - Dodgson was Carroll's real name) and that she is the daughter of a billionaire who has posted a $10 million reward for her safe return. This has the shady inhabitants of Wonderland all itching to get a piece of Alice in order to pick up the reward, chaos ensues as Dyer wrestles with his conscience and his desire to cash-in.
The characters are well fleshed out, each with their own idioms, Matt King (Rocknrolla) deserves a special mention here as a brilliant, quasi-insane, fairground owner. A favourite of mine was Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum as two bouncers who seem to be a few cards short of a full deck. However, Danny Dyer does play....well, Danny Dyer and continues to provide laughs despite being horrendously type-cast these days. The film is good with a few twists and turns but ultimately feels a bit too contrived and whilst it was a noble effort to bring Alice in wonderland into the 21st century setting, it falls short of any true wonderment. You will have fun picking out who is who from the original into this, but it all feels a bit wooden and the ending is lacking any of the intended emotional punch. A good film, it will whittle away a couple of hours, but don't expect to be changed by the experience.
The characters are well fleshed out, each with their own idioms, Matt King (Rocknrolla) deserves a special mention here as a brilliant, quasi-insane, fairground owner. A favourite of mine was Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum as two bouncers who seem to be a few cards short of a full deck. However, Danny Dyer does play....well, Danny Dyer and continues to provide laughs despite being horrendously type-cast these days. The film is good with a few twists and turns but ultimately feels a bit too contrived and whilst it was a noble effort to bring Alice in wonderland into the 21st century setting, it falls short of any true wonderment. You will have fun picking out who is who from the original into this, but it all feels a bit wooden and the ending is lacking any of the intended emotional punch. A good film, it will whittle away a couple of hours, but don't expect to be changed by the experience.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is weird but wonderful...the charactors are fun and the speed of the film is perfect (an hour and a half). Danny Dyer is cased perfectly in his role as a london cabbie, whitty as ever!!
The film picks up on vital parts of the original story (the party, time, drugs etc) and delivers a very modern take on a fantasy previously aimed at children.
Loved it!!
The film picks up on vital parts of the original story (the party, time, drugs etc) and delivers a very modern take on a fantasy previously aimed at children.
Loved it!!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Slightly sprawling, Danny Dyer and Maggie Grace are good but seem a little lost at times. An odd script and minor characters popping in for no discernable reason don't help. Having said that, Danny Dyer does have some funny lines that make it enjoyable. Of all Dyer's films lately, this is not up there with Jack Said or Doghouse. Like the idea of such an odd take on Alice in Wonderland but could have done better.
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mmmmm,not exactly sure what genre you'd put this in.A mixture of gangster and fantasy I suppose.Anyhow ,it is basically Alice in Wonderland set in today's London with all the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jack Redburn.
Fairy tale with a Danny Dyer edge!
If your a fan of Danny or even if you enjoy Alice in Wonderland and thought it would be a bit more twisted this film is for you.
Love it
Love it
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. J. A. Taylor
buy if your hubby a danny dyer fan
My husband is a big Danny dyer fan, and loves his films, thoose i too think he ok he seems to always play violent films which quite dark humour. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Michelle LA Brooks
Truly horrible!
I have not got a clue what this one was about. The Cover indicated some sort of thriller but the film was nowhere near that. Was it a comedy? No. western? No. Animated? No. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Strv 74
better than alice in wonderland!
really good film, its a must see. As usuall Danny Dyer is brilliant, its a modern day twist to alice in wonderland 10 star
Published 20 months ago by amy girl
Trippy English drama
Good watch, would watch it again, bit of a bendy storyline with plenty of trippy scenes.
Published 21 months ago by craigf
Surreal twist to a classic tale!
I don't usually write reviews, but I feel the negative reviews given to this film are quite biased and not objective. Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by Damian
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