Amazing family movie!

Rating: 8/10 (23 March 2019)

Alice in Wonderland is an amazing family movie, it's a movie fit for both, adults and children. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) expressed to her mother, Helen Kingsley (Lindsay Duncan) that she had been having weird dreams of herself lately. During her dreams, she ends up falling into a dark hole, after she lands she begins to see many strange creatures throughout her journey through the hole. Alice isn't aware that this place is the magical Wonderland that she has visited before at a younger age. As Alice and Helen approach the garden/engagement party of Hamish (Leo Bill) and Alice, Alice notices a white rabbit in coat, one that looks much like the one from her dreams. She couldn't help but to follow the rabbit into a dark hole where she discovers that it is up to her to put an end to the Red Queen's (Helena Carter) oppression.
The theme of this movie is growing up. Alice is now at the age that she is becoming a woman and she is expected to get married and eventually start her own family. Now that she's at this age she doesn't recall visiting Wonderland as a child. As it relates to the theme, Alice had grown up since here last visit to Wonderland therefore she looked different than before. Once Alice reached Wonderland the white rabbit (Michael Sheen) told the dormouse (Barbara Windsor) that she was the real Alice.
Legally Blonde (2001) featuring Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods also represents the theme of growing up. Elle was dumped by her boyfriend for another girl who appeared to be more serious than Elle. After this moment, reality hit Elle and she began taking life much more seriously. She embarked on her journey to law school to prove how serious she was.
In relation to the theme, two motifs in "Alice in Wonderland" are identity and curiosity. Alice is seeking to discover her true identity; she doesn't quite know who she is as a person yet. All she knows is who people are constantly telling her she should be. For instance, her sister Margaret (Jemma Powell) points to their aunt and says "you don't want to end up like Aunt Imogene (Frances de la Tour) do you?" Her mother and sister are both trying to push her to marry Hamish but Alice isn't sure she wants to. Alice is curious about what life would be like if she didn't dive directly into the married life with Hamish and perhaps followed in her father's footsteps by running his business of making trades in China. She decided to follow in her father's footsteps and decline Hamish's proposal despite the family's wishes. This shows how Alice transitioned to a grown up from the beginning to the end of the movie and learned to make her own decisions, instead of following the path of others.