I attended this movie with my highschool age daughter. As a retired educator wiith a degree in reading, I have always adored childrens' books. Therefore, I was eager to see this movie. It was unbelievably awesome and I would certainly love to see it again. However, I believe if one is not familiar with the stories behind this movie, they will not recieve the full meaning and understand some parts where the characters allude to the events first explored in those wonderfull, timeless, and classic books authored by Lewis Carroll.