Alice in Wonderland
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Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
What critics thought
Burton's visually inventive take on Lewis Carroll splits critics almost evenly: admirers see a visually imaginative adult hallucination given life by Danny Elfman's score, while detractors argue the story is hollow and directionless, with Alice herself sidelined in her own film. The third act — a generic CGI battle climax — and a closing scene casting Alice as a colonial entrepreneur drew particular criticism, suggesting the film's ambitions outpace its narrative courage.
“Burton has delivered a subversively witty, brilliantly cast, whimsically appointed dazzler that also manages to hit all the emotionally satisfying marks”
Michael Rechtshaffen·The Hollywood Reporter
“Burton's Disneyfied 3-D Alice in Wonderland, written by the girl-power specialist Linda Woolverton, is a strange brew indeed: murky, diffuse, and meandering, set not in a Wonderland that pops with demented life but in a world called Underland that's like a joyless, bombed-out version of Wonderland.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“Alice plays better as an adult hallucination, which is how Burton rather brilliantly interprets it until a pointless third act flies off the rails.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Tim BurtonDirector
Mia WasikowskaAlice Kingsleigh
Johnny DeppTarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter
Anne HathawayMirana / White Queen
Helena Bonham CarterIracebeth / Red Queen
Crispin GloverIlosovic Stayne / Knave of Hearts
Matt LucasTweedledee / Tweedledum
Alan RickmanAbsolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Stephen FryCheshire Cat (voice)
Michael SheenNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
Timothy SpallBayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)
Christopher LeeJabberwocky (voice)
Paul WhitehouseThackery Earwicket / March Hare (voice)
Danny ElfmanComposer
Linda WoolvertonWriter
Lewis CarrollWriter
Dariusz WolskiCinematographyAlice in Wonderland
Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
What critics thought
Burton's visually inventive take on Lewis Carroll splits critics almost evenly: admirers see a visually imaginative adult hallucination given life by Danny Elfman's score, while detractors argue the story is hollow and directionless, with Alice herself sidelined in her own film. The third act — a generic CGI battle climax — and a closing scene casting Alice as a colonial entrepreneur drew particular criticism, suggesting the film's ambitions outpace its narrative courage.
“Burton has delivered a subversively witty, brilliantly cast, whimsically appointed dazzler that also manages to hit all the emotionally satisfying marks”
Michael Rechtshaffen·The Hollywood Reporter
“Burton's Disneyfied 3-D Alice in Wonderland, written by the girl-power specialist Linda Woolverton, is a strange brew indeed: murky, diffuse, and meandering, set not in a Wonderland that pops with demented life but in a world called Underland that's like a joyless, bombed-out version of Wonderland.”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“Alice plays better as an adult hallucination, which is how Burton rather brilliantly interprets it until a pointless third act flies off the rails.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Cast & Crew
Tim BurtonDirectorMia WasikowskaAlice KingsleighJohnny DeppTarrant Hightopp / Mad HatterAnne HathawayMirana / White QueenHelena Bonham CarterIracebeth / Red QueenCrispin GloverIlosovic Stayne / Knave of HeartsMatt LucasTweedledee / TweedledumAlan RickmanAbsolem / Caterpillar (voice)Stephen FryCheshire Cat (voice)Michael SheenNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)Timothy SpallBayard Hamar / Bloodhound (voice)Christopher LeeJabberwocky (voice)Paul WhitehouseThackery Earwicket / March Hare (voice)Danny ElfmanComposerLinda WoolvertonWriterLewis CarrollWriterDariusz WolskiCinematographyStream
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