MY NEW FAVORITE MOVIE is Phoebe in Wonderland. (Full disclosure requires that I say I know one of the actors, but that’s not it). What is it is the fact that shown to me, my husband and our daughter, the three of us had utterly different takes on what the film is about, and yet all of us loved it as much as we’ve loved anything we’ve seen together.
Written by Daniel Barnz, who also makes his directorial debut with Phoebe, the story is as wonderful as its portrayal, the writing getting a superb boost from the exquisite filming of a tale that to me was about raising daughters, to my husband was about marriage, and to our daughter was about a girl struggling with reality.
And that actor I know? It’s Madhur Jaffrey, who does a perfect job as Miss Reiter, one of Phoebe’s teachers. Along with Felicity Huffmann, Bill Pullman, Patricia Clarkson, Elle Fanning and a host of great children actors, there is not a spare second here, and, apparently, not an overbearing theme. It was many things to us, though all astonishing.
And you? What does it say to you? This is way too good to miss. Here at TSP, we love telling family tales about watching movies, so give us a shout when you see something new on the sister theme. We’d love to add it to our TSP sister flicks list.
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I HAVE to go find this.
And WATCH.
Hi, Sara Sophia. And welcome to TSP. Please do, and enjoy every second of it. We did. And then please let us know where the story takes you.
I recently watched this with my adult daughter home for the summer from grad school. We were reminded of living in a small East Tx town years earlier, where the little boy down the street suffered from Tourette’s. There was so much fear and misunderstanding surrounding his symptoms – he was often ostracized and shamed. He was really a delightful guy, had a wonderful sense of humor, and spent hours at our house playing with my son (who was a year younger) just hanging around someplace that was comfortable, where he was accepted, but was not home, something I think is often important for kids. He saw us as a safe harbor that promised a place for him eventually in the world that was not tied to Mommy/Daddy. Anyway – we loved the movie for so many reasons and second the recommendation to find it and watch it RIGHT NOW!
Hiya, TexasDeb: So glad for your story on this remarkable film, as well as your hearty second to our recommendation to watch it. Such a touching story that you bring to us. We appreciate it mightily. Please come back with more. Here at TSP, we really believe in the remarkable power of the shared narrative.