One of the ugliest-looking films ever, "Wonderland" (the title is ironic) looks like it was filmed through an early mobile phone camera: very grainy with colours so washed out they look like monochrome, especially the exterior shots. Passage of time is indicated by speeded-up montages of car headlights at night. You soon wish they had speeded it up a lot more.
The film follows the lives of a group of working-class Londoners, mainly three girls and an older couple, and some of their acquaintances. By the end you realize that two of the girls are sisters, daughters of the couple. Only by reading reviews did I learn that all three are supposed to be sisters: their accents differed slightly, which should not have happened with sisters. One is a hairdresser with a 10-year-old son, one is single and looking, one is pregnant. The single sister wears her hair in a very ugly Minnie Mouse hairdo, surprising for the sister of a hairdresser.
Their men are losers, liars, alcoholics, or all three. The most sympathetic man is the father, but he is despised by his dour unforgiving vicious wife, who calls him "pathetic".
"Wonderland" goes on and on, one noisy crowded incident after another, leaving you wondering who the people are and how they connect with each other. It's very tedious.
The music is boring and unrelenting, mainly variations of "We Are The Champions". I suppose this, too, is meant to be ironic.
The best scene is when the pregnant sister gives birth, screaming and crying. It's well done, but not good enough to redeem the film.
The film follows the lives of a group of working-class Londoners, mainly three girls and an older couple, and some of their acquaintances. By the end you realize that two of the girls are sisters, daughters of the couple. Only by reading reviews did I learn that all three are supposed to be sisters: their accents differed slightly, which should not have happened with sisters. One is a hairdresser with a 10-year-old son, one is single and looking, one is pregnant. The single sister wears her hair in a very ugly Minnie Mouse hairdo, surprising for the sister of a hairdresser.
Their men are losers, liars, alcoholics, or all three. The most sympathetic man is the father, but he is despised by his dour unforgiving vicious wife, who calls him "pathetic".
"Wonderland" goes on and on, one noisy crowded incident after another, leaving you wondering who the people are and how they connect with each other. It's very tedious.
The music is boring and unrelenting, mainly variations of "We Are The Champions". I suppose this, too, is meant to be ironic.
The best scene is when the pregnant sister gives birth, screaming and crying. It's well done, but not good enough to redeem the film.