In January of 2008 I was able to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Utah with a few friends. While we were there I saw a film called "Phoebe in Wonderland". I've been waiting and waiting and now it's finally being release in "select" theaters. Phoebe in Wonderland is not a great film. It's not going to win any awards at the Oscars, nor should it (aside from the award for best actress which should go to Fanning- she is amazing in this film- and only 8 at the time it was made). The story is reasonably interesting. Some of the acting is quite good. But overall the execution of the film is only ok.
That notwithstanding, I found the film deeply moving and painfully beautiful for reasons I only partly understand. Some of those reasons are probably quite subjective to my personal experiences as a child and a father. I recommend it to all of you. Maybe some of you will connect with it. Maybe you won't.
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