Phoebe in Wonderland

Phoebe in Wonderland is a dramatic film starring Elle Fanning and Felicity Huffman. The film revolves around a young girl named Phoebe (Elle Fanning) who wins a role in her school's production of Alice in Wonderland.NY Times: Troubled Girl Acts Out: Curiouser and Curiouser (March 6, 2009)

Phoebe in Wonderland was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

• Phoebe's teacher, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson) is directing the school play, Alice in Wonderland and casts Phoebe as Alice. A creative and intelligent child, Phoebe struggles to fit in. She becomes increasingly distracted by her daydreams where the people in her life become characters in Alice in Wonderland. Concerned her new behavior may be a sign of mental illness, Phoebe's mother (Felicity Huffman) brings Phoebe to psychiatrist (Peter Gerety).NY Times: Troubled Girl Acts Out: Curiouser and Curiouser (March 6, 2009)

1. Felicity Huffman as Hillary Lichten
2. Elle Fanning as Phoebe
3. Patricia Clarkson as Miss Dodger
4. Bill Pullman as Peter Lichten

• "(Patricia) Clarkson is at her brilliant best in Phoebe in Wonderland. (Felicity) Huffman and (Bill) Pullman excel in their roles, but the real world can't begin to match the imaginary one conjured up by student and teacher. Let Clarkson and (Elle) Fanning take you to the rabbit hole of seductive enchantment that defines this movie."—Rolling StoneRolling Stone: Review: Phoebe in Wonderland (March 4, 2009)

• "Elle Fanning gives a luminous, almost transparent performance as a troubled 9-year-old girl in Phoebe in Wonderland. As an actress, she's dreamier and less forceful than her older sister Dakota, more like an actual kid, and the movie's halfway over before you realize how many contradictory emotions she's summoning up. God knows what they feed these girls for breakfast - Cream of Streep? The movie itself is an alternately inspired and awkward domestic drama that agonizes over the difference between a "special" child and one who may need actual professional help."—Boston GlobeBoston Globe: Younger Fanning Brings the Wonder to Phoebe (March 6, 2009)