Not to be confused with: Wonderland (1999)

Plot comparison:  Sex and violence in L.A. in James Cox's true-life thriller, as porn star John Holmes (Val Kilmer) gets involved in a bloody gangland killing.  Ennui and fags in London in Michael Winterbottom's downbeat tale of three Cockney sisters.

If they switched directors: Winterbottom goes gonzo with Steve Coogan, as Holmes, doing the sex scenes for real.  Cox delivers what he thinks is British kitchen sink realism.  In other words, everyone speaks like Dick Van Dyke, takes a spin on the London Eye and meets the Queen.

Irksome to whom?: Lewis Carroll, probably.  It was never like this for Alice.