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Wonderland (Widescreen)
- Starring: Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker
- Director: Michael Winterbottom
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The members of a British working-class family see their lives starting to come apart as the Nation prepares to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day (named for an ****** who tried to blow up Parliament) in Michael Winterbottom's drama Wonderland. Eileen (Kika Markham) and Bill (Jack Shepherd) are a married couple with four grown children. Bill has lost his job and is drifting through life, unsure of what to do. He's also having ****** problems with Eileen, who is being driven insane by their noisy neighbors. Neither Bill nor Eileen have seen their son Darren (Enzo Cilenti) for a long time, and his birthday is a heartbreaking experience for them. (Darren, on the other hand, would prefer to celebrate his birthday by spending the night in a hotel with his girlfriend rather than seeing his parents.) Bill and Eileen also have three daughters, Nadia (Gina McKee), Debbie (Shirley Henderson) and Molly (Molly Parker). Nadia works in a cafe and has trouble meeting men; she's signed up with a dating agency, but has yet to meet anyone she likes. Debbie is suddenly a single mother after separating from her drunken lout of a husband. Debbie drowns her sorrows in a series of meaningless one-night-stands, while her husband flies into uncontrollable rages and their son is left with no one to turn to on either side. And while Molly's story seems happy on the surface -- she's soon to give birth to her first child and her husband has done well in kitchen sales -- she's suddenly thrown into instability when she finds her husband has quit his job, without telling her, to follow his dream of becoming a chef. Wonderland received enthusiastic reviews for its ensemble cast when shown at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Drama
- Category: Ensemble Film, Family Drama, Urban Drama
- Theme: Down on Their Luck, Expecting a Baby, Family Gatherings, Missing Persons, Sibling Relationships, Suburban Dysfunction
- Release Date: February 20, 2001
- Rating: R (Restricted)Rating Opens in New Window - Adult Language, Sexual Situations
- Studio: Universal Studios
- Lead Actors: Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Ian Hart, John Simm
- Supporting Actors: Stuart Townsend, Kika Markham, Jack Shepherd, Enzo Cilenti, Sarah Jane Potts, David Fahm, Ellen Thomas, Peter Marfleet, Nathan Constance
- Director: Michael Winterbottom
- Picture Format: Widescreen
- Run Time: 1 hr 49 min
- Language: English, French
- Subtitle Language: English, French
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-00-2114
- ASIN: B002HWFTH8
- Catalog #: 11328166
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.5 inches length x 5.36 inches width x 0.56 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.22 pound.
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Adding to his repertoire as one of the most eclectic British directors working at the turn of the century, Michael Winterbottom takes a successful stab at Robert Altman territory with this multi-layered tale of various malcontents in modern-day suburban London. Bearing a conflict-packed storyline and a drab, hand-held 16mm look, Wonderland's view of modern-day fears, tensions, and romantic angst is resolutely dour, but Winterbottom and his talented stable of performers are able to convey a sense of hope in the film's final act. The reliable Gina McKee brings warmth and depth to what could have been a stock characterization of a frustrated single woman; less successful is Molly Parker as a harried mother-to-be who's unbelievably furious at her husband's recent job loss. Wonderland bears more than a passing resemblance to Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth (1997), but where Oldman painted a portrait of a family trapped in an endless cycle of misery, Winterbottom suggests -- convincingly, more often than not -- that his characters aren't doomed to repeat their mistakes. Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
