Synopsis
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) is Daniel Barnz's quiet drama, available to watch online on iFILM. A nine-year-old who can't keep the rules finds her footing on a stage.
Phoebe (Elle Fanning) is bright, endlessly imaginative and badly out of step with school routine. Cast as Alice in a production of Alice in Wonderland, she lands in the only place that makes sense to her — rehearsals run by an unconventional drama teacher (Patricia Clarkson). At home her mother (Felicity Huffman), a writer who stalled out years ago, swings between worry for her daughter and her own thwarted ambition.
Barnz handles a kid who gets diagnosed instead of heard with real care and zero melodrama. Fanning was ten when she shot this, and she carries a part that asks for a fragility well beyond her years. It's one for viewers who like small family dramas that don't reach for an easy fix. Stream Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) online on iFILM.
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