I haven’t seen all the other old Disney films, but if this movie is any indication, I need to seriously think about it. This movie is in a galaxy far far away from the Lion Kings and Little Mermaids of today. Not that those movies aren’t great for children and adults who are like children, but this Alice movie is really something else. Packed with memorable scenes and a totally off-the-wall script. The last time a cartoon had this level of animatory wit and flare would be the great cartoons from Warner Brothers in the Chuck Jones/Michael Maltese period. For those of you who’ve been living under a rock, that means Pepe Le Peu, Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn and, not least, some choice incarnations of Bugs and Daffy. Of course, everyone knows good cartoons are made for adults, particularly the perceptive ones, who collectively enable certain films to become classics. Dude Where’s My Car has not yet achieved this status, but these things take time. If you haven’t seen Alice In Wonderland and expect to see The The Prince of Egypt only with Diana Ross instead of Whitney Houston on the soundtrack, think again.




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