Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) is a BBC TV movie you can watch online on iFILM, directed by John Henderson. Kate Beckinsale plays Alice — recast here as a young mother who falls asleep reading Carroll's book to her daughter and finds herself on the other side of the glass.

What waits through the mirror is a world arranged as a giant chessboard. The Red Queen makes Alice a White Pawn and sets her loose across the board. Ian Holm, Steve Coogan and Penelope Wilton play various Carroll creatures she meets along the way. Light and playful at 83 minutes, this is a good-natured adaptation that stays cheerful rather than strange. Stream Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) online on iFILM.