The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Alice in Wonderland
Animation · Family · Fantasy · 1951
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
Movie details
Alice in Wonderland
“A world of wonders in one great picture!”
1951 Animation · Family · Fantasy 1h 15m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.2 / 10
Community rating
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Alice in Wonderland?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Welcome to Smelliville
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The Black Cauldron
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The Jungle Book
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Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
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After a deadly storm, Tom and Jerry find themselves stranded on an unknown island ruled by the evil Wizard of Oz. As they try to find their way back home, they worry for their master Dorothy's safety.
Fun and Fancy Free
Animation · 1947
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Family · 2005
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Clyde Geronimi · Wilfred Jackson · Hamilton Luske
Written by
Aldous Huxley · Winston Hibler · Ted Sears · Bill Peet
Kathryn Beaumont
Alice (voice)
Ed Wynn
Mad Hatter (voice)
Richard Haydn
Caterpillar (voice)
Sterling Holloway
Cheshire Cat (voice)
Jerry Colonna
March Hare (voice)
Verna Felton
Queen of Hearts (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley
Walrus / Carpenter / Dee / Dum (voice)
Court is in session
Put Alice in Wonderland on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.