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2010
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Alice in Wonderland
Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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2.0
But it also fluffs out the tale with a bland mash of Disney heroics.
EW
3.8
Here I must apologize to faithful readers for repeating myself.Time after time I complain when a film develops an intriguing story and then dissolves ..
Rogerebert
4.0
While Lewis Carroll purists will scoff at the aging of his curious young protagonist, most movie audiences will enjoy this colorful world.
Common Sense Media
3.0
Yet much of Carrolls magical nonsense remains, even if Burtons film wobbles at the gates of anarchy and ends up being a more average affair than many ..
Time Out
3.1
Their behavior makes sense if you understand it as Burtons lampoon of peoples willful allegiance to the most absurd of Victorian mores.
4.0
Even considering the liberties Burton has taken with the original text, its tempting to think that Carroll himself would consider him an altogether fr ..
2.0
And so it goes: Every stellar moment within is met with five more clunkers, and tonally, theres a deeply imbalanced mirth to muck ratio.Who wouldve gu ..
1.0
What should have been an eye popping and jaw dropping dream combination of two celebrated fabulists is instead a dour and unpleasant disaster that red ..
E Film Critic
3.0
All the preceding playful inventiveness is jettisoned for a routine hero myth climax.What a letdown.
Telegraph
2.0
Burton and company have taken special care to provide pictures of Alice (Mia Wasikowska) as a warrior princess in full Joan of Arc armor as a female e ..
3.0
Sadly Lewis lite and not without flaws but this is as Burtonesque as one could wish for, a real treat for fans of his twisted imagination and great Br ..
3.5
In the process of going somewhere, Alice in Wonderland manages to look fantastic.
Cinema Blend
2.5
Theres a lot to look at in Burtons Alice in Wonderland, but nothing thats worth remembering.
Cinema Blend
3.0
Sometimes the results are magical, and occasionally they teeter toward disaster.
Ny Daily News
4.5
...it is The Red Queen, played by Bonham Carter that shines the brightest. Her childlike villain is brilliantly played in all its giant head glory
JoBlo
3.8
Alice is the true magic in a Wonderland thats mere movie magic the happy surprise amidst everything weve come to expect.
The Globe And Mail
3.8
Its not your mothers Alice in Wonderland.Nor is Tim Burtons inspired mash up of action fantasies your grannys magic mushroom milkshake of Lewis Carrol ..
Philly
2.0
But its best to keep your expectations reasonable, so you can enjoy the highlights.
Philly
3.0
Burton and Woolverton have fashioned an exotic adventure tale where the heroine is a strong willed, resourceful, and courageous nineteen year old.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Visually splendiferous but wrongheaded, the movie is far more Burton than Carroll and not very good Burton at that and far less than enchanting.
One Guys Opinion
0.5
The new Alice is casually absurd, off handed in its violence, and doggedly on message. The movie is not just three dimensional but blatantly programma ..
Village Voice
2.0
This visually inventive but loose version will probably not please most purists, though it makes for an enjoyable watch that wobbles along as average ..
Sover
3.8
Its a workmanlike effort that will enchant all but the youngest children while holding the interest of parents. That, by definition, makes for a worth ..
ReelViews
3.8
Rather, its something like a post modern tale ofself discovery, although it works better as a nutty fantasy than asanything with a point.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Its become a common argument against Burton, this lack of dramatic drive, but its true in this instance.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
While Burtons production is often sumptuous to look at, it is surprising how boring stretches of the film can be.
2.0
Nevertheless, Burton creates some interesting characters and a compelling story.
Lariat
3.0
And then what do they all those seamless special effects and inspired visuals
Eric Ds Nider
2.3
As for a coherent story, Burton never lets one jump off the screen, even with the funny glasses.
News Review
2.0
The wavering tone is as uncertain as Alices decision making, while the added on 3 D is a distraction and as unconvincing as the entire misconceived ve ..
Radio Times
3.0
Thus, when she spots the White Rabbit (voice of MICHAEL SHEEN), a hare in a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch, she uses that as an excuse to rush ..
Screen It
2.0
Our post Avatar cinema is now under pressure to deliver bigger and better thrills, but I do wonder if audiences would actually prefer a movie that val ..
Independent
4.0
The result here is a wildly inventive film straitjacketed in conventional narrative form.
Independent
3.1
Burton is a visionary, but the film was shot in 2 D and converted to 3 D, a process that lets the seams show in a way they dont in, say, Avatar.Worse, ..
Rolling Stone
3.0
Fortunately Burton continually wakes us up with something visually spectacular, which just about makes it worth seeing.
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
1.0
While Burtons films were never exactly laden with quizzical conundrums, there was a definite affinity between their off kilter visions and Carrolls fa ..
Pop Matters
3.0
On top of that, the script is frequently dull and fails to wring any emotional resonance out of its biggest change the fact that Alice is returning as ..
View London
2.0
What we have instead is a hybrid: Carrolls hallucinatory wit crossed with Burtons rank unseemliness rolled into Disney wholesomeness.
Cs Monitor
3.5
At least Burton can take credit for finding one of the best screen Alices to date.
Film Journal International ..
3.8
In many respects, this is the most crowd pleasing Burton film in many years.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.0
Carroll purists and freshman English majors may be aghast at the change in story, but for those who watched Avatar and marveled at the images but were ..
Az Central
2.5
If youre like me, youre heading into Alice in Wonderland not expecting a faithful adaptation of Lewis Carroll but a good Tim Burton movie.Possibly a g ..
Boston
4.5
Its good.Its very goodand there are flashes of greatness within it.
Mountain X
2.5
Indecision haunts every frame. The result is a clattering, hectic spectacle that by the end has run out of inspiration. Its a home for abandoned ideas ..
Star Tribune
4.5
This isnt so much a movie but the coffeetable book about the movies production design...
4.4
But a straight retelling of the original would be to much of a muchness, even with Burtons arresting visuals.
Toronto Star
3.0
Tim Burtons sensibility as imagist fabulist fits the text, and though theres much to admire visually, the film unfolds as a series of set pieces, lack ..
Emanuellevy
2.0
I cant rid myself of the feeling that for all the funkily crepuscular mood that Burton creates, this is a pretty conventional work.
Guardian
3.5
Hooray!.Tim Burtons cinematic take on Lewis Carrolls classic Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass childrens books snapped me out of my 20 ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
Nevertheless, Burton manages to put his unique visual spin on the familiar elements of the story, although he never quite reaches the heights of Jeffe ..
Q Network
3.0
Its turned into something Carroll never imagined: a tale of feminist empowerment.
Daily Mail
2.0
Burton completely saps any and all magic from this re tellingerremakeuh whatever you want to call this and relies on the same old cliches of twisted c ..
Cinema Crazed
1.5
I found myself trying so hard to like Alice in Wonderland that the process of watching it exhausted me.
Salon
2.0
A film adaptation should, of course, treat its source material as inspiration rather than dogma.
Slate
2.5
Its as though the script meeting was held at the Mad Hatters tea party, with all the ideas put in teacups and thrown against the wall all of them seem ..
Eye For Film
4.0
And like Pandora, Wonderland is so comprehensively imagined as to be almost tangible.
3.5
Susan Grangers review of Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Studios) Alices Adventures in Wonderland, first published in 1865, is Lewis Carrolls droll, ..
Susang Ranger
1.3
It might be time for Johnny Depp and Tim Burton to start thinking about seeing other people.
Observer
3.0
Its visually beautiful and inventive and dreamlike, but the movie presents it all so matter of factly that youre encouraged not to be overwhelmed or r ..
Movies
2.0
The movie badgers rather than charms, but its rescued by Helena Bonham Carters brisk performance as the Red Queen.
New Yorker
1.5
So hows the movie Mostly frabjous. The visual palette is more artfully riotous than that of other Alice films, the performances more zestful.
Time
2.0
His 3 D Alice in Wonderland is delightfully Burton esque to be sure, brimming with the surreal and whimsical macabre visual style we associate with th ..
Boston Herald
3.0
It cant have taken a huge stretch of the imagination to devise a story like that.
Express
4.0
But the curiouser and curiouser Underland inspired by author Lewis Carrolls nineteenth century books and their illustrations is decaying under the rei ..
Express
3.8
Theres a moment or, more specifically, image in The Last Song that pretty much sums up its grand ambitions and how it ends up falling short.
Mr Brown Movies
2.0
The one thing the movie has in its favor is a disciplined cast that makes the best of a bad situation.
Bullz-Eye
4.5
Avatar does what it does so cunningly that you dont realize it till you look at a film like Burtons Alice.
Flickfilosopher
3.0
The Tim Burton aesthetic has become so institutionalized that it sometimes seems like the alt culture marketing comes ahead of the filmmaking.
Las Vegas Weekly
2.0
Filled with moments of fleeting exhilaration and empty whimsy Alice in Wonderland never really grabs the viewer in any meaningful way its overall expe ..
Hollywood
4.5
...enormously entertaining...Depp gives a performance that must be seen to be appreciated. He shows here that he is something special.
Tony Medley
2.0
Its difficult to imagine another modern filmmaker doing this degree of justice to this well worn but deserving childrens tale.
Coles Mithey
2.5
Im not sure what I would have wanted instead of this. All I do know is that this version of Alice and Wonderland, for all its razzle and its dazzle, l ..
Movie Freak
2.8
Its an ill fit at best.With the right kind of balancing act it might work, but Burton isnt the director to massage Alices conflicting drives into some ..
3.5
... wrong headed in pretty much every way it can be, poorly designed, loud, and worst of all, boring. It is a catastrophe as a movie, and as a place m ..
Hit Fix
3.8
Tim Burton no surprise has created a visually stunning Wonderland.
Aisle Seat
2.5
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Herald Sun
2.5
But the sweetly surreal feeling of those original books has been lost.
Nj
1.5
Though Burtons film boasts some excellent performances, as the caterpillar says to our heroine, its merely almost Alice.
Nj
3.5
I have been a fan of Tim Burton ever since Pee Wees Big Adventure, and I quite like the bizarre spin he gives to classic films like Willy Wonka and th ..
7M Pictures
2.5
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
4.5
Director Tim Burton returns to his A game with this magnificent, visually stunning movie that is not only one of his best, it is indeed a wonder.
Boxoffice Magazine
3.0
But unlike a place called Pandora, this digitized domain doesnt fully exploit the 3 D possibilities, so you wont miss much without the glasses, except ..
E Online
3.0
The world that frames the film, beyond Wonderland, imposes quite a few limitations on the realm of fantasy: there are Harry Potter moments, Narnia imp ..
The Age
3.0
Two childlike anarchists with a fine disdain for narrative structure, Burton and Carroll on paper look like a perfect match.
The Age
2.0
Alas, ALICE IN WONDERLAND is the work of Bad Burton, and the movie is a complete mess.
Maki At The Movies
1.5
The character designs are all underwhelming (except for the Red Queen), the sets are grand but hardly original, and the costumes are fashionably inter ..
4.0
The actors are fine and good but not even Johnny Depp takes it far beyond a preoccupation with technical design magic and inspired visual realization ..
Varia Gate
3.0
Unlike many recent 3D offerings, Burton shakes out the layers of a rich visual fabric and practically hits you in the face with it.
Digital Spy
4.0
Wonderful visuals, bravura performances and crazy conceits mostly pave over some potted characterisation.
Lw Lies
2.0
Its a bland, rather forgettable endeavor.Burton follows decades of filmmakers who have been stymied by trying to figure out how to make great cinema o ..
Cleve Land
2.5
Burtons latest, a quasi sequel revisionist take on Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass, is a regretful ..
Dustin Put Man
2.5
Director Tim Burton has fashioned a techno fantasia that has nearly all of the characters from both Alice and Through the Looking Glass but little of ..
Larsen On Film
2.5
Instead, Burton and screenwriter Linda Woolverton have moved the action forward 13 years.
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
2.5
He and screenwriter Linda Woolverton have taken the classic story and turned it into a modern action fantasy film minus the humor of Carroll, or the a ..
Hollywood And Fine
3.0
Its nowhere near his best work but a superb voice cast, Helena Bonham Carter and a few moments of brilliance see it through.
The Sun
2.0
Rather than a Wonderland full of terrifying adventures and deliciously absurd whimsy, Burton has created the Underland, a place of terrifyingly, yet l ..
Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
A bland adventure fantasy, Alice in Wonderland may be pretty to look at, yet offers nothing more than Tim Burtons now generic and uninspired brand of ..
Matts Movie Reviews
2.0
Its an effort to be clever, to restore an element of surprise to a tale thats been reworked a hundred different ways.
Brian Or Ndorf
2.0
If there was one adjective I could pick to describe this new adaptation, it would be dispirited
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.5
Mr. Burtons beautiful production design may have been better enjoyed in the original 2D.
Big Picture Big Sound
4.4
Burtons imaginative and blissfully fantastic spectacle is an unquestionably superior film, a film so rich and wondrous and emotionally resonant that i ..
3.5
I wish we could have seen that adventure, instead of the annoying dream that preceded it.
Io9 Gizmodo
2.5
Ultimately, Brooklyns Finest offers no surprises, is far from a classic and has forgettable characters, but at least its mildly engaging thanks to sol ..
Nyc Movie Guru
4.4
Whereas James Camerons Avatar looked like someplace that should exist but sadly doesnt, Burtons Wonderland looks like a place that shouldnt exist but ..
Movie Crypt
3.0
Alice in Wonderland Synopsis From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure Alice in Wonderland, a mag ..
Movie Web
3.8
Burton has also stressed out the idea that while many of the characters might be bonkers, all the best people in the world are anyway.
Montreal Film Journal
4.0
Burton following 20 odd screen adaptations over 100 years radically retools the original story, excising certain plot strands and drawing characters ( ..
Sky
4.0
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Entertainment Times Online ..
1.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
1.9
Director Tim Burton and screenwriter Linda Woolverton have labored hard to shoehorn the arch, asymmetrical balderdash of the original works (both Alic ..
Chron
2.0
Anne Hathaway, meanwhile, is completely wasted as the White Queen; youll forget shes even around.
The Shiz Nit
3.0
The Wonderland that Burton imagines rekindles our cherished recollections of Alices adventures while landscaping it in the rich, patented Goth look th ..
Mercury News
3.8
A sumptuous, bar raising cinematic portmanteau that both honors and complements the source material.
No La
3.0
Perhaps this is harsh a by most standards itas a good fantasy flick with some fun, quirky bits a but you expect more from the director of The Nightmar ..
Metro
4.0
Still, this is a magical feast for the senses with a kaledescope of animated touches that will delight both children and adults.
Metro
3.1
What makes a Tim Burton movie something more than just a visual delight is its screenplay.
Scene Stealers
1.5
Storytelling has never been Burtons strong suit and his weakness is here compounded by a desire to somehow squeeze Carrolls topsy turvy, logical illog ..
What So
4.0
A sharply detailed, wondrously three dimensional fantasy in which its maker intuitively grasps so much of whats good about the tale while simultaneous ..
Or Lando Weekly
2.0
Disney family fun with the odd carefully calculated dark patch. Fine on its own terms, but a let down given the talent involved. Disappointinger and d ..
Film 4
2.0
Despite some intriguing visual aspects, Alice proves to be quite dull, unable to overcome an internal battle with the films overall tone.
Bowling Green Daily News
2.0
Burtons last adaptation of a childrens book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, had its good points, though Depps Willie Wonka was easily the worst th ..
Decent Films
4.5
WE SAY The visuals look mouth wateringly, eye poppingly good (to mix our metaphors here).
Scifi Movie Page
3.0
Its just so Burton.I doubt anyone with even a passing familiarity with the filmmakers work could be surprised by any of the imagery in this film.
Streaming Quickflix
3.5
The Cheshire Cat boasts of his evaporating skills in Tim Burtons 3 D Alice in Wonderland, which has its own way of evaporating before your polarized e ..
Wsj
3.5
The beguiling Wasikowska tethers the arcane anarchy with weight and emotional clarity, anchoring us as moviegoers to Alices plight in both universes, ..
Jam! Movies
3.8
This latest rendition of Alice in Wonderland is a journey worth taking mainly to see Tim Burtons imagination at play. The story is so well known, but ..
3.0
I found Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland to be a treasure trove full of delight and near amazement. The imagery is bold and ravishing. Alice in Wonderl ..
Tony Mack
2.0
The film is a burst of color and the makeup effects are truly outstanding.What doesnt fly is the 3D.
From The Balcony
4.0
A fun film with awesome visual design. I think that over time detractors will mellow and Burtons Alice will become a classic. Bandersnatches and Futte ..
Movie Metropolis
5.0
Staggering, sometimes disconcerting and occasionally truly magical.
Denver Post
3.5
Alice in Wonderland is (in many theaters) in 3 D, but Burton doesnt seem the least bit interested in Avatar like immersion.The faker the better.
Ny Mag
2.0
Alice in Wonderland might appeal to some viewers, but I wanted so much more.
Review Express
2.0
The picture is oddly flat a disjointed pageant of virtuoso effects. Its a triumph of design that falls short of wonderment.
M Tv
3.5
Curiously though, this Wonderland lacks drama, and Burtons seemingly inexhaustible visual imaginings cant quite hide the films narrative shortcomings.
Future Movies
2.5
What makes Alice in Wonderland any measure of success is the gorgeous environments.
Cinema Sight
5.0
These arent actors working in front of blue screens with obvious effects dubbed in later. You really are in Wonderland. Real life and CGI are seamless ..
Tri City Herald
3.1
This action heavy adventure lacks the sense of awe and excitement found in the classic bedtime fairy tale adored by generations.
Entertainment Spectrum
4.5
Take your own trip down the rabbit hole and dont be late because youve got a very important date with Disneys ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
1.9
Alice, however, is the rebellious sort (she doesnt wear a corset or stockings), so she scoots after a bunny in a waistcoat and falls down the old rabb ..
Boston Phoenix
2.0
This shortcoming is a shame given that, aside from Burtons gift for spiraling imagery and Helena Bonham Carters performance as the petulant, giant hea ..
Nicks Chager
2.0
The performances werent as dark as they should have been given the pairing of Carrolls dark story and Burtons dark imagination.
Reel Talk Online
4.4
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Us Magazine
3.0
The film is heavy on effects.If you believe Burton and Depp are perfect, and can do no wrong, then this review cant stop you.
The Scorecard Review
3.5
The story is some convoluted fantasy plot that makes this a sequel.
Can Mag
1.5
It just isnt meaningful; doesnt blend reality and imagination in the way, say, that Pans Labyrinth did.
Spectator
3.0
A visually imaginative fairy tale that suffers slightly from its predictable course but still manages to wow at all the crucial moments.
Detroit News
2.5
No, this Wonderland is just listless, bland and derivative a mere technical undertaking from a disinterested filmmaker.
Movies Ign
4.0
... made an Alice in Wonderland film that wasnt Alice in Wonderland. Kinda.
Need Coffee
2.5
Yet despite Carters best efforts, this joyless adaptation of a beloved story comes up short in almost every way.
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
4.5
On this score, Burtons signature spookiness doesnt quite match up to James Camerons sweeping neon, in part because weve seen this sort of thing from B ..
World Wng
3.0
Alice in Wonderland is, strangely, about the movie youd expect based on the talent involved.
Film.com
3.0
The Tim Burton Johnny Depp combo comes in colors and whimsy, but lacks tension
Metro Times
2.0
(Burton surely must have caught Glovers unsettling Willy Wonka parody in Epic Movie.)
Cine Passion
3.1
This material seems a perfect fit for Burtons unique sensibility.
Illinois Times
3.0
A disappointment thats still worth seeing, Alice in Wonderland lands near the higher end of Burtons lesser work.
Metromix.com
2.5
A stiff movie ... finds a way to make a lot of really weird stuff surprisingly boring.
Metromix.com
5.0
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Ny Press
3.0
There is mold all over this Alice, and while some of it features the brightest of greens, a lot of it is predictably grim, but not in the way that Bur ..
Week In Rewind
2.0
The movie feels wrong. I liked the individual pieces but it never works as a whole. Its too much like Burtons other work and the 3D was awful.
Eclipse Magazine
3.8
The cast is perfect, led once again by veterans of the Burton way.As the truly mad, Mad Hatter, Depp is surely a figment of his own imagination.
Crazed Fan Boy
2.5
The abundance of CGI effects practically put the film in the animated category and at times its green screen environs almost limit the world in the cl ..
The Diva Review
3.0
The narrative may be forced and uninteresting but the combination of costuming, art direction, production design and cinematography compensate.
Cinema Autopsy
4.0
The visuals are stunning, as you would expect, but characterisation is weak, and Depps turn is one bout of lunacy too far.
Liver Pool Echo
3.0
Thankfully, Greg Kinnear manages to take the routine material and to make it fresh and believable.
Kc Active
1.3
There is very little to praise in what amounts to Burtons most mercenary movie.
Premiere Magazine
3.8
Burton brings his distinctive touch and Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter do their stuff but a hodgepodge of Hollywood conventional ..
2 The Advocate
3.1
Rated PG, according to the MPAA, for fantasy violence and a smoking caterpillar. The Jefferson Airplane would be proud; Lewis Carroll devotees, howeve ..
Gomemphis
2.0
The Nun may tie into The Conjuring in more ways than you expect: We filmed a few things Movie News The Nun stars the sister of The Conjurings lead act ..
Sfx
3.0
Clearly Burtons visual aplomb and ease with special effects mesh with Carrolls imagination.
Blog Oregonlive
3.5
CGI has not been good to Tim Burton. The ability to see every unrestrained nuance of his vision fulfilled has robbed his films of the creative zest an ..
Brandon Fibbs
1.0
A bona fide, bums in the air fiasco that needs to be burned and the ashes hurtled off in the direction of the nearest black hole as soon as you can, N ..
News Of The World
3.8
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2.0
It highlights Burtons usual strengths, along with no small number of his weaknesses.
Mania.com
3.5
The film is like eating an amazing peanut butter and jelly sandwich except that Tim Burton forgot to cut off the crust. The beginning and the end coul ..
3.0
Its disconcerting creepiness is too dark and freaky for kids to enjoy but its also too fairytale heavy to engage adults.
Daily Record
2.0
You see, Burtons Underland (as the residents call it) isnt a place of inspired randomness, perverse whimsy and ferocious mockery of authority figures, ..
7 Dvt
1.5
The film, overall, seems familiar, and one didnt used to feel that about Burton, which probably means he needs to dig deeper next time in search of tr ..
This Is London
2.0
A bore and an affront to anyone who is even familiar with the concept of Lewis Carroll and his books.
Chud
1.5
And theres a significant homage to Scissorhands in this pale characters quicksilver moments and delicate vulnerability.
Ma Cleans
4.5
For almost two hours we become prisoners in a land of menacing delight.
Cincinnati Enquirer
3.1
This Alice is more Ripley, or Lara Croft, than timeless story heroine.
Washington Times
3.1
a decent movie, but not the amazing, mindblowing, set the world on fire, change your life and curl your toes film people expect and want.
3.8
Despite its sluggish start, Alice is an enchanting, witty and funny adventure filled with marvelous sights and set pieces.
Jc Online
3.8
Johnny Depp is a fine Mad Hatter, gap toothed, orangey eyed, charming and quite addled.No one could outdo him when it comes to such fine lines as this ..
Jackson Ville
3.0
No matter; Alice in Wonderland is nonetheless a whimsical, often funny, romp through a story that traditionally renders its audience confused at best.
Edge Boston
3.5
But somewhere between this dystopian re imagining and the finished product, a process of Disneyfication seems to have taken place which has coated the ..
Bfi
3.8
Alice in Wonderland lands in a comfortable zone that should accommodate both kids and adults.
Sign On Sandiego
2.0
Depp, starring for Burton for the seventh time, is the Mad Hatter, whose shattered mental state is reflected in his physical appearance perpetually sh ..
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
2.5
Anne Hathaway is ridiculously miscast as a deliberately weird White Queen, although the character is supposed to represent Good against the Red Queens ..
2.5
I truly believed Burton was basically born to make an Alice in Wonderland.
The Movie Kit
4.5
Of course, theres a grisly undercurrent to Carrolls original story with the Red Queen cavalierly ordering executions, and menacing creatures popping u ..
Bitch Media
3.8
Alice in Wonderland is normally not my cup of tea, but I was happy I joined the tea party this time.
Atlantic City Weekly
2.0
Burton doesnt just hit the bottom of the barrel but drills through the wood and starts tunnelling. Its only saving grace are the arresting, if familia ..
Daily Mirror (UK)
4.5
There are certain cine marriages that generate an indelible spark all their own. Tracy & Hepburn, Bogie & Bacall and now we get Tim Burton & 3D, creat ..
3.0
Wasikowska is a standout in the title role. And, as to be expected, Depp thrives as the Mad Hatter.
Courier Mail (Australia)
2.8
Tim Burton is the kind of director who probably does come up with six impossible things before breakfast. So it was a surprise to see him produce a fi ..
Sea Coast Online
3.1
A visually stimulating rendition that nevertheless comes off as lamentably timid.
2.0
Burtons Alice is halfway between American McGees Alice and Disneys original.
Electric Sheep Magazine
1.5
Alice in Wonderland reminds me most of Sleepy Hollow: empty, faux atmospheric, and without soul.
Film and Felt
2.0
The Wonderland that Burton imagines rekindles our cherished recollections of Alices adventures while landscaping it in the rich, patented Goth look th ..
Contra Costa Times
2.0
The most curious thing about this magical realist fable is how charmless and ultimately forgettable it turns out to be in the hands of Tim Burton.
3.0
This creation is nice to look at but lacks energy, curiosity, or any kind of emotional draw.
Crunch On This
2.0
Snow White in her coffin by Theodor Hosemann (1852).The original version of the Snow White story is, as with all Grimm fairy tales, quite dark: Snow W ..
Romantic Movies About
3.0
The challenge of reinventing Alice in Wonderland sees Tim Burton reinvigorated and refreshed. Visually stunning and filled with a delightfully derange ..
Empire Online
1.5
Except, Alice doesnt quite remember her experience from childhood.
Deep Focus Review
3.0
Curiouser and curiouser, says Alice in Tim Burtons latest, and for the first time I dont believe her.
Amy Weekly
1.5
Its a weak structure, thinly tied to the pictures tired and antiquated theme about Alice reclaiming her muchness and defying societal expectations.
3.0
Well, Mudgee wants you to know theyre more than equipped to entertain your visitors and you too if you fancy a sweet mini getaway.
Time Out Sydney
4.5
Alice says, primly, I dont slay, and the Hatter says, with angry severity, You dont slay Not only is that a nice play on the early 20th century respon ..
4.0
Alice in Wonderland never sacrifices its heritage for a broad audience, and the result is a thoroughly entertaining adventure that treads carefully th ..
Ign
3.1
Tweedlee and Tweedledum could have come up with a more compelling pseudo sequel concept and crafted a more cohesive narrative.
4.5
Alice in Wonderland is a well paced, beautifully crafted visual spectacle that makes good use of 3D for a cracking cinematic experience.
2.0
Visually, which is where this Alice really radiates, there are many riches. Ken Ralstons visual effects are stunning and surreal; Colleen Atwoods cost ..
Video Review Master
4.0
The magic of this version of Alice in Wonderland is undoubtedly, in the Burton touch...
4.5
Burtons imagination never lets up ... and while those 3 D effects do seem to fade into the background, you can feed your head on his Wonderland for th ..
Las Vegas CityLife
2.0
Suffering from a severe deficiency of wonder, this Alice is by turns loud, lifeless and lacklustre, and so what should have been the perfect marriage ..
IGN Movies UK
4.5
Much of Underland is almost as gorgeous as Pandora, but what makes Alice in Wonderland work the terrific comic performances.
1.5
She doesnt have the abortion for the same reason John Ford said the Cavalry doesnt kill the Indians in the first reel: if they did, ther e wouldnt be ..
Nplusonemag
2.0
Purists will be perplexed and the average moviegoer ultimately disinterested by director Tim Burtons pedestrian spin of Lewis Carrolls 1865 classic.
2.0
Less a sequel to the original book than a sequel to the Disney animated version of the book, this movie is a wonder to look at, but a chore to sit thr ..
Geek Week
3.8
Was it Planet of the Apes.Is that when Tim Burton started seeming derivative to me
Tech Land
1.5
a new story out of Carrolls mythmaking that fails to inspire interest, perhaps except as a rote exercise in mainstream weirdness.
H Monthly
3.3
Did Burton get bored in Wonderland The end result is a movie that is decently enjoyable escapism, but entirely forgettable in the long run.
1.9
For all its noise and distractions and CG decal, this Wonderland is a zone void of imagination; it proves how relatively mind blowing Avatars Pandora ..
2.5
The episodic nature of Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland doesnt really lend itself to traditional three act plotting, but screenwriter Linda Woolvert ..
Queer Sighted
4.5
Tim Burton seems to have completely misinterpreted his source material, but thats hardly a surprise at this point. Its more like his trademark.
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