Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Critics were nearly unanimous in their rejection of Alice Through the Looking Glass, finding its time-travel plot a hollow, noisy substitute for the wonder of Carroll's source material. The spectacle on screen was rarely disputed, but reviewers argued it served no story worth telling — and audiences disagreed sharply with that verdict, rewarding the film with enthusiasm that critics simply couldn't muster.
“junk rehashed from a movie that was itself a rehash of Lewis Carroll”
Matt Zoller Seitz·RogerEbert.com
“hugely expensive and extravagantly stupid”
Stephen Whitty·New York Daily News
“gaudy, loud, complacent, and vulgar”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“a solid kids' movie in the old style”
Matthew Lickona·San Diego Reader
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Critics were nearly unanimous in their rejection of Alice Through the Looking Glass, finding its time-travel plot a hollow, noisy substitute for the wonder of Carroll's source material. The spectacle on screen was rarely disputed, but reviewers argued it served no story worth telling — and audiences disagreed sharply with that verdict, rewarding the film with enthusiasm that critics simply couldn't muster.
“junk rehashed from a movie that was itself a rehash of Lewis Carroll”
Matt Zoller Seitz·RogerEbert.com
“hugely expensive and extravagantly stupid”
Stephen Whitty·New York Daily News
“gaudy, loud, complacent, and vulgar”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“a solid kids' movie in the old style”
Matthew Lickona·San Diego Reader
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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