I am a big fan of the Lewis Carroll book and I have seen many poor attempts at trying to recreate the magical story on both the big and small screens. In my opinion this is the only good rendition of the book!

The film has an A list cast with Whoopi Goldberg as the Cheshire cat and also Robbie Coltrane, Ken Dodd and the wonderful Liz Smith as other characters from the book played perfectly on the screen. This TV-movie also features Miranda Richardson as the Queen of Hearts and Martin Short as the boisterous, witty Mad Hatter (unlike Tim Burton's dark creepy monstrosity!)

The film is a definite watch for people of all ages (I first watched this film as a child and still find it amazing 13years later!) and is almost guaranteed to make you laugh and sing along to all the catchy songs.

The film certainly isn't a short one and it definitely didn't have a big budget like some more recent attempts have, but it does stay true to the book pretty much exactly throughout which is a positive no matter how you look at it! And with a cast of recognisable faces performing superbly, you will be glued to the TV screen for the entire 2 and a half hours of magic!



*Also, for the record... This is on sale practically everywhere for less than a fiver! Well worth the money, you will NOT be disappointed.*