Alice in Wonderland — Family Discussion Guide

Family Discussion Guide — Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Use this guide after watching Alice in Wonderland together to explore its themes through a biblical lens.

Key Takeaways

• Curiosity can lead to discovery, but it also needs wisdom.
• Growing up involves learning self-control and courage.
• Wonderland’s nonsense logic can blur the difference between truth and confusion, which can sit uneasily with a biblical view of wisdom and order.
• The film leans on self-guidance and arbitrary authority rather than God’s truth and the hope found in Christ.

Discussion Questions

1. When does curiosity help us learn, and when can it lead us into trouble?
2. What does Alice seem to think about who she is, and how is that different from how God defines us?
3. Why does Wonderland feel so confusing, and what makes God’s truth different from the Queen’s arbitrary rules?

Guidance Notes

• This is a light fantasy with mild peril, some smoking imagery, and a few threatening scenes around the Queen of Hearts. Christian families may also want to talk about the film’s loose, topsy-turvy view of truth, authority, and self-understanding.
• The film celebrates imagination, curiosity, and resilience, but it also treats reality as flexible and authority as often absurd. Alice’s self-talk about giving herself advice and growing into herself can open a helpful conversation about wisdom, identity, and the difference between human confusion and the steadiness found in Christ.
• Mild peril
• Hookah smoking

Scripture to Explore Together

• Proverbs 4:7
• James 1:5
• Psalm 139:13-14
• 2 Corinthians 5:17
• John 14:6
• Colossians 1:16-17