Phoebe in Wonderland
8 years from her acting debut where Elle Fanning played the 2 year old Lucy in I Am Sam, she now takes the lead role in Phoebe in Wonderland. Miss Elle Fanning gives a killer performance as Phoebe an adorable 9 year old struggling with Terrets, OCD tendencies, and a terrible time separating fantasy with reality. When Phoebe lands the lead in the Alice and Wonderland she meets, Miss Dodger (Patricia Clarkson,) her school’s drama teacher. Miss Dodger and Phoebe instantly connect and it is while Phoebe is on stage that she feels free and alive. Elle Fanning is brilliant, I’d say she gives a performance of a lifetime but the girl is only 10. Phoebe in Wonderland is no longer in theaters, it was released in 2008 and can now be found on DVD, go see what makes this film so different “from all the awful normals.”
