– Customer review on 18/11/2010

i found this movie to be highly enjoy. as like tim burtons other movies it is a little crazy but it really makes the story of alice in wonderland come to life in a different way. i thought that the mad hatter character was great in this version of the film. the movie combines parts of both the first alice in wonderland book and through the looking glass the second alice in wonderland book.

over all it was a great movie with fantasic costumes!!!

– Customer review on 23/07/2010

I attended the Cast and Crew screening on Sunday, in Leicester Square, with high hopes for this film as it's without doubt the most exciting job I've had. This was my first feature experience, and working for Tim Burton was a hell of a way to start.

But, even as someone with a lot of time for his films, and a pre-existing bias, I couldn't really connect with this. The cast acquit themselves well, especially considering the noted difficulty in emoting to a tennis ball on a stick, but all their tics and quirks seem to be masking a void at the centre of what should be a free-floating, evocative trip. Sure, it's weird looking, but we've seen it before, and back then in films like Edward Scissorhands it had a sense of purpose. Now we're left exploring a CGI wonderland that seems to be without a great deal of wonder. The book revels in its bizarre environs, absurd dialogue and whimsical characters. This film grounds them, drains them of that mystery and leaves us with a colourful but forgettable retread. It seems intent on driving us to a narrative conclusion that few people will have had much stake in through its running time, simply because we're not giving much to care for.

With a source material so familiar, even to those whose knowledge is second hand references, there needs to be a degree of innovation (as in Svenkmejer's dark stop-motion version, or the co-opting of Terry Gilliam in to his "Tideland" narrative), or else a studious and inspired adaptation that completely returns to Lewis Carroll. What we end up with is a mid-point that fails to get to grips with what enchants people about the Alice story, and another chance to see a beautiful waif walk around twisted, quasi-Gothic landscapes to a score by Danny Elfman.

Not that this isn't an enjoyable experience in itself, and as seen in the vast Screen 1 at the Empire it is at times breathtakingly pretty. It's just inessential, and while it may be unfair to expect a classic from a favoured filmmaker every time out, when they tackle something with the pedigree and history of Alice In Wonderland you can't help but hope for something special. And that's the problem, that Tim Burton, while he is still making decent films, has been a long way off special for some time now.

6/10 (if they gave half stars it'd be 6.5), but that doesn't mean it's a bad film. It's possible that my grade is affected by high expectations and lost potential. If you have kids, I'm sure it'll be better than 90% of the dross that passes for family films now. At least there is some artistry involved, and while he might not be at his best I'll still always pay to see a Tim Burton film (although I got this one for free...)

– Customer review on 10/07/2010

This is Tim Burton's slightly scary version of Alice in Wonderland...

In the wake of her engagement during a country house party,a now grown up Alice interrupts her future mother in laws monologue to follow The White Rabbit down the rabbit hole once again.

The world she rediscovers is quite different from the Wonderland of childhood memory.In this Wonderland,the Red Queen is an evil dictator and Alice is destined to defeat the Jabberwocky,a terrifying dragon like creature...

In this version of Alice in Wonderland, there is also a hint of romance between The Mad Hatter and Alice.I was kind of disappointed that the Mad Hatter didn't appear as a sailor or something at the end of the movie.Other than that,this was a highly enjoyable slightly dark fantasy.