An Angel's Kiss

Gladys 2022-04-20 09:02:27

The story of a little obsessive-compulsive girl who plays Alice in a musical and whose life is full of Alice's Wonderland that makes her so special, it's like an angel's kiss. Mom and Dad thought she was a troublesome child, and at the same time blamed herself for not giving it enough love for her OCD. Only her drama teacher thinks that her specialness is her talent. After the drama teacher was fired from the school, Phoebe and her friends rehearsed a perfect musical. Just before the final official performance, Phoebe hides behind the scenes, when the drama teacher and the real Alice appear in the hallucination. Suddenly she had courage. The movie ends abruptly here. Whether Phoebe became a normal kid is impossible to know. Yet as a viewer I hope she continues to be different. But as a mother, I understand Phoebe’s mother very well. She takes care of her children full-time, and she can’t find a sense of accomplishment. She sometimes gets bored with her children, but regards her children as the whole of her life. The children are nervous and even cry when they have any problems. So, Phoebe is still normal. I was watching Phoebe cry mommy in the middle of the night and mommy was holding her and she was crying when she kept saying "I can't control myself". In fact, except for the main line of the whole movie, other characters are messed up, mother's troubles and self-blame, Jamie and Phoebe's mutual encouragement, Dodge teacher's recognition of Phoebe, the principal's education method... But it's all because of Phoebe , without Phoebe's obsessive-compulsive disorder, these threads would have disappeared. So isn't that a skill in fiction writing? Countless lines scattered from the central point formed a brilliant light. All in all, a deep film. Phoebe played it perfectly. Teacher Dodge has an unusual temperament.

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Extended Reading
  • Rosario 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    I always feel that some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder or other mental illnesses such as autism have their own, relative or even absolute world, and that world is wonderful.

  • Ellis 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    I don't know how to say no to this movie.

Phoebe in Wonderland quotes

  • [last lines]

    Caterpillar: Who are you?

    Phoebe: I hardly know, sir, right now. At least I knew who I was when I got up this morning. But I think I've must have changed many times since then.

    Caterpillar: Explain yourself.

    Phoebe: I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly, for I can't understand it myself to begin with. And being so many different sizes in a day, it is very confusing.

    Caterpillar: It isn't.

    Phoebe: Well, perhaps you haven't found it so yet, but when you have to turn into a chrysalis - you will some day, you know - and then into a beautiful butterfly, I think you'll feel a little odd.

    Caterpillar: Not a bit.

    Phoebe: Your feelings may be different. All I know is, it would feel very strange to me.

    Caterpillar: You? Who are you?

    Phoebe: [just stares brightly]

  • Phoebe: I can see myself wrecking and ruining. But I can't stop myself.