Alice in Wonderland

Name: Alice in Wonderland
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Released: March 5, 2010
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska

2010

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 5, 2010 | PG

Starring: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska

Summary: Alice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign ofAlice returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. (Disney Pictures)… Expand

Director: Tim Burton

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 108 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

A fantastical romp that proves every bit as transporting as that movie about the blue people of Pandora, his "Alice" is more than just a gorgeous 3D sight to behold. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

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 left wanting by the wooden acting and tired story, "Alice" is a treat. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

If there were truth-in-titling, Burton's movie rightly would be called "Alice in Narnia: With Stops at Disneyland, the Shire, Rohan, Naboo, and Oz." Read full review

Empire Angie Errigo

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 British character actors. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

In the film's rather humdrum 3-D, the place doesn't dazzle — it droops. Read full review

J.R. Jones

As usual with Burton, the visuals are much better than the story, and Carroll’s characters are richly realized--especially Tweedledum and Tweedledee, poster children for juvenile obesity, and the raving Red Queen, played with razor-sharp timing by Helena Bonham Carter. Read full review

Premiere John DeVore

A charmless, vandalized version of a classic. Read full review

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MovieLonely94

Oct 27, 2010

the way Avril Lavigne did the song Alice was the only reason why this movie was such a big hit from Tim Burton. take my advice: go and see it.

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gm101

Sep 15, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really thought I was going to dislike this movie. However, I was surprised by how much I liked it. Johnny Depp was excellent as the Mad Hatter. Although, my only complaint was that Christopher Lee was really underused. I wish I could hear him speak more lines as the Jabberwocky.… Expand

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saori21

Aug 12, 2011

This movie is very interesting movie. Alice's story is very famouse. so, I was execiting movie. And costume is very great and cute!! Gohnny depp is very cool !! I want to into the world. I try see movie again.
I like fiction movie. Beatiful world i went to go!!!

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LandF

Jun 5, 2012

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 appearsAlice 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 there. Or do we? Since this is, in fact, 13 years after the original Wonderland incident, things have changed. Wonderland (or Underland, as we learn it is called) has become a much darker, and dangerous place. Alice is destined to slay a beast called the Jabberwocky, but she doubts herself, and the Red Queen wants her killed. It's all a little bit more complicated than it needs to be. But Underland is all about complications. I will start by pointing out Alice In Wonderland's biggest strength: The visuals. Between the magnificent makeup, the ridiculous costumes, the outrageous hair, and stunning special effects (and they are stunning sometimes), Alice In Wonderland is one of the most visually captivating films ever made. But if only everything else was as wonderful and undeniably incredible as the visual effects. The characters, while mostly amusing, feel a little bit...predictable. Tim Burton usually likes to recreate the characters, but instead, we get virtually the same characters from the book (and animated Disney movie), with little exception. True, Burton tries to flesh them out a bit more and add additional back story, but it does little to separate the characters in this adaption from the animated version. The acting, like the film, is a huge mixed bag. That's not to say that there are BAD actors. All the acting is very good, it's just expected. Predictable, like the characters. Most everyone is played by the book, with no special spin on almost any of them. Johnny Depp disappoints in his role as the Mad Hatter. He needs to be over the top and ridiculous. Instead, he's just rather ordinary. What happened to the wacky, bizzareness that be brought us in Charlie In The Chocolate Factory? But this isn't always the case with the acting. Helena Bonham Carter (as the Red Queen) is as outrageous and ridiculous as she needs to be, and more. Her acting is by far the most impressive in the film. Carter ends up doing the performance Depp should've done, but doesn't. One performance I didn't expect to like was Anne Hathaway's as The White Queen. "She's much too recognizable." I thought. And I was right. But she does perfectly. She's extremely dramatic and flowy, and she does a marvelous job. Without doing any research on the score beforehand, I knew that it was composed by Danny Elfman. After looking it up after the film, I was proven correct. Here's how I knew: It sounds like all his other scores. Yes, Elfman's a great composer, but all his scores sound alike, each borrowing elements from his last score. If Elfman can't get his act together, Burton may need to look for a new composer. My last opinion about Alice In Wonderland may be the most important: It makes sense. Well, mostly anyway. It's not nearly as whimsical and bizzare as it should be. It's actually, relatively straight forward. Alice In Wonderland just isn't weird enough. It needs to be more odd. More outrageous. The animated version did a much better job at this. I wanted to like this film. I wanted to love it. But Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland just isn't the film it should be. But it's not half-bad. If you haven't already seen Alice In Wonderland, it's not a bad diversion; it's just not a very good one.… Expand

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Justin

Apr 5, 2010

The 3D really sucked, I was expecting Avatar quality and wish I had watched the 2D version instead. Aside from the god awful 3D quality the Red Queen, Mad Hatter and Crispin Glover (I can't even remember his character) made the film bearable.

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FilipeNeto

Feb 23, 2018

This film tells the story of Alice, a young nineteen year old girl who discovers, by chance, the entrance to a magical world called Wonderland. Directed by Tim Burton, the film has a script written by Linda Woolverton, based on the homonymous story of Lewis Carroll. The cast is led by MiaThis film tells the story of Alice, a young nineteen year old girl who discovers, by chance, the entrance to a magical world called Wonderland. Directed by Tim Burton, the film has a script written by Linda Woolverton, based on the homonymous story of Lewis Carroll. The cast is led by Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway, besides the voices of Michael Sheen, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman and other actors.

Most people know, even lightly, the story of "Alice in Wonderland". But this story supposedly takes place several years after the first trip to that place, where absurdity is the norm. And so begins Tim Burton to make rookie mistakes, unforgivable for a director with his curriculum. The script totally ignores the events of the original story, and Carroll's book seems to have been used only to copy the settings and characters. To make matters worse, there is no logic in Alice's behavior while in "our" world, and chase a rabbit to escape from a party where you don't want to be is poor excuse for doing so.

The actors shared the scene with magical creatures and had a regular performance, but uninspired, especially Mia Wasikowska, who was a poor Alice. Very warm and boring, she never shows feelings of fear, shock or surprise in a credible way. She was undoubtedly a casting error, and Burton again failed because he should have seen it and fixed it. Johnny Depp did a good job, and somehow manages to give some shine to the film. Nevertheless, he sometimes exaggerates in the antics, and I don't know if that was good for the movie. The two Queens, represented by Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter, were good in their roles, although Hathaway could be better if she had more time scene to develop her character.

The most interesting of this movie are the scenery, the costumes, the makeup and the visual/special effects. Its usual to find, in the films of this director, these elements highly developed and mature. Burton is very creative. But, I don't know why, a few years ago, he gives them too much importance, and that undermines the movies because he completely forgets everything else that is part of the film, like the direction and choice of actors or (especially) the writing of scripts. The excessive computerization aren't enough to make a good movie, although the name of a renowned director can sell cinematic garbage very well and income Oscars in technical categories (this movie won the statuettes for Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects and Best Makeup). I hope that Mr. Burton, before returning to make a movie, spend some time away from computers, to detoxify himself of obsessive mania for that things.… Expand

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JonR.

Mar 6, 2010

What was this movie? It is a mess. The 3D was terrible. The story was incomprehensible.

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