One of Disney's best known and best liked animated films today received mostly negative reviews when it was released in 1951. But audiences changed their minds about the cartoon adaptation and the film remains popular half a century later.

Bored with her lessons and lounging on a sunny patch of grass, young Alice's imagination goes into overdrive when she spots a white rabbit, clutching a pocket watch and repeating, "I'm late!" Naturally, when the rabbit disappears down a hole, she follows him and enters a wacky land where nothing is what it seems and some things are exactly what they seem. Yeah, it doesn't make much sense to Alice either.

Alice tries to find her way back to the normal world and meets many strange characters on her journey. A hookah-smoking caterpillar is rather rude and blows smoke rings, the vanishing Cheshire Cat gives a new meaning to the word 'enigmatic,' twins Tweedledee and Tweedledum recite a long poem about the Walrus and the Carpenter, and living, talking flowers. One memorable scene features the Mad Hatter's tea party, a crazy affair celebrating "unbirthdays," quite possibly Lewis Caroll's best invention.

After meeting the belligerent Queen of Hearts, Alice enjoys lawn croquet played with flamingos and hedgehogs and has to run for her life when the terrible Queen roars, "Off with her head!" Alice then wakes up in the real world and has a better appreciation for boring things like reason and logic.

The movie combined aspects from two of Caroll's books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and featured many notable songs in the soundtrack. The best known voice in the film is Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter, a lisping, gasping, incredulous rendition that gave life to that character in a way never again duplicated.