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Johnny Depp
Mia Wasikowska
Anne Hathaway
Michael Sheen
Alan Rickman
Helena Bonham Carter

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An older Alice once again finds herself back in Wonderland, though she doesn't remember her first visit. Tim Burton gives his own gothic twist on the classic tale as Alice must face the Red Queen once again and end her reign of terror while navigating the fantastic world. -- Chris Kavan

06/05/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Visuals Don't Make A Film

Alice In Wonderland really is a mixed bag. I know that's hardly a way to begin a review, but when you've got a bag as mixed as this, it's hard to know quite where to start. I never can tell what Alice In Wonderland is trying to be, whether a drama, an action movie, a comedy, but it appears to be juggling all three at once, which provides mixed results, as I mentioned previously.

Instead of being a mere adaption of the Alice In Wonderland book, Tim Burton instead creates a story that occurs 13 years after. Alice is set to marry a lord who she does not want to marry at all. Demands from her mother and parents of Alice's predetermined husband further confuse and frustrate Alice. So to escape it all, she follows a familiar rabbit into a rabbit hole, and we all know what will happen from t...

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2.5/4 

12/22/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Tim Burton Magic

I just had to wonder what would happen if you mixed the nonsensical writings of Lewis Carroll with the off-beat directorial imagery of a film director like Tim Burton (‘Corpse Bride’, ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’). Fortunately for moviegoers, we get something that is a true visual buffet that could only be dreamed up by Mr. Burton and a story that still manages to maintain the whimsy of Carroll’s original work.

While titled ‘Alice In Wonderland’, the plot is actually derived from Carroll’s follow-up work, ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’. Writer, Linda Woolverton (‘Artic Tale’, ‘Lion King’), picks and chooses those elements from each of Carroll’s works that make this a more coherent tale, but still makes a point of carrying along most of the absurdity we are familiar with. While most...

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08/01/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Alice in Wonderland review

We all know the story. The beginning of the film was okay. Anne Hathaway's acting was very dry, maybe it was intended for her role. Helena Bonham Carter's ranting Queen depiction was entertaining. Johnny Depp was quirky and sometimes funny. The mood of the film was very dark, and this was based on a fairy tale for kids. There were certain scenes that were visually delightful, but overall it never satisfied. Not one of Burton's best films. ...

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