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Release Date: Feb 28, 1999; Video Release Date: May 25, 1999; Genres: Fantasy, Kids & Family; With: Tina Majorino; Distributor: NBC

Digital effects and Henson-shop creatures inject new-technology sizzle into this TV movie of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland. Talky but engaging, the production retains a bookish quality as the big-name cast savors the author's topsy-turvy wordplay and bizarre characters. The best supporting players are Martin Short, who gives the Mad Hatter that alternate-life-form weirdness he emits so easily, and Miranda Richardson as the Queen of Hearts, a deranged monarch more like her Queen Elizabeth in the Black Adder series than her Queen Mab in last year's similar-looking Merlin. B


Posted May 28, 1999
 

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