Click here to copy URL

Alice in Wonderland

1951

Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske ...

Animation, Voice: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn ...

7.1

34,285

Animation. Fantasy. Musical. Adventure. Kids On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a madcap encounter with the Queen of Hearts - and her army of playing cards!

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Empire	"It's colourful, fun and as surreal as Disney is ever likely to get, this isn't as good as the books, but works as a cute introduction to them. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"What's really disappointing is the undistinguished animation: the film looks and plays more like the Disney shorts than the Disney features."	NEG
United States	Variety	"Walt Disney has gone a long way towards tightening the leisurely, haphazard adventure of 'Alice in the wonderland' of her imagination."	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"If you are not too particular about the images of Carroll and Tenniel, if you are high on Disney whimsey and if you'll take a somewhat slow, uneven pace, you should find this picture entertaining."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"It's not among the studio's best, but it's certainly well worth watching (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Disney's frantic take on Lewis Carroll may lack much of the book's illogical charm, but it does contain one of the great proto-psychedelic sequences in cinema."	NEU
United States	Cindy White IGN	"Though it may not add up to more than the sum of its parts, animation fans have come to appreciate 'Alice in Wonderland' over the years for the care and effort put into it, despite its flaws"	NEU
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"Despite the hard work of over a dozen screenwriters (...) almost all of Lewis Carroll’s intricate wordplay, satirical jabs at Victorian society and memorable poems are obliterated (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.