Thru the Mirror (1936)
Directed by David Hand
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
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Annette Bening is so cynical that it’s humorous and Jennifer Saunders adds just enough sarcastic bite to remind us ever so slightly of Absolutely Fabulous .
As a fan of Absolutely Fabulous and The Vicar of Dibley , naturally I enjoy seeing the lovely comedy duo Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French.
Intriguingly, there’s also Linnet’s godmother ( Absolutely Fabulous veteran Jennifer Saunders), who happens to be a communist.
Along with Bouc and his mother, wealthy artist Euphemia (Annette Bening), the Doyles are (for some reason) spending their honeymoon with a group that consists of Linnet’s ex, Linus Windlesham (Russell Brand, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), an aristocratic doctor; Louise Bourget (Rose Leslie, “Game of Thrones”), Linnet’s lady’s maid; Linnet’s cousin and Oxford-educated lawyer, Andrew Katchadourian (Ali Fazal, “Victoria & Abdul”); her godmother, Marie Van Schuyler (Jennifer Saunders, “Absolutely Fabulous”), who has denounced her wealth since becoming a Communist; Marie’s nurse and companion, Mrs. Bowers (Dawn French, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”); the aforementioned Salome, hired to sing at the couple’s wedding; and Salome’s business-savvy manager and niece, Rosalie (Letitia Wright, “Black Panther”).
Maybe it's just because of the pleasant nature of so many of the jokes, rather than the calculated snarkiness of a DreamWorks film: playful references to other Disney characters (I think it has more cameos than any other Disney film), and a gag in the "Friend Like Me" number stretching all the way back to the 1936 Mickey short "Thru the Mirror" for its winking reference.