Movie #2........................."Phoebe in Wonderland"

Movie #2 in Donna Barnes' and the Netflix Challenge (whittling down her 500 in her queue) is "Phoebe in Wonderland" --- wonderfully acted with Felicity Huffman and Patricia Clarkson and Bill Pullman and Scott Campbell and esp. Elle Faning. It wasn't what Ithought it would be --- it's a lot about parenting --- it wrangles with getting bored and angry with kids and you wanting your kid to be NOT like others, but then they are a bother and annoying sometimes when they aren't. It really is mostly from the parent's pov, but then it deals with teaching and following rules and how that can squelch creativity, much like the theme to "Alice" whose storyline it parallels. Really a good, thoughtprovoking which I recommend to parents and Emily Bennett, and everyone else out there, who loves Alice in Wonderland.

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Phoebe in Wonderland(2008) PG-13

Whether at home or at school, 9-year-old Phoebe (Elle Fanning) always seems to get in trouble for breaking the rules. When her drama teacher (Patricia Clarkson) casts her in a production of "Alice in Wonderland," Phoebe begins to receive personal advice from the play's characters. Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman and Campbell Scott also star in this fantastical tale about inspiration and overcoming adversity.