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Article: `Wonderland'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- August 9, 2000
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The cars and crowds and constant thrum of London town beat down on the sorry souls of "Wonderland," Michael Winterbottom's crushingly sad, beautiful film. Set in the squat council houses, grimy cafes and drab apartments of the less glamorous quadrants of the city, the film _ shot with a hand-held camera in a verite style that brings its characters painfully, poignantly to life _ describes four days in the world of three sisters, their family, and the strangers, lovers and losers who cross their paths. While this film can accurately be described as a downer, there's also heart-stopping poetry here in the performances, the little tragedies of the storyline, and the music _ ...