Alice in Wonderland

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway and Crispin Glover
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director: Tim Burton
Rated: PG

 

 

A 19-year-old Alice returns to the place in her dreams wonderland and finds out she is the lands champion and the only one can stop the Red Queen.

Alice (Mia Waskiowska) attends an upscale garden party and learns that she is about to be proposed to by Hamish (Leo Bill) the son of one of her late fathers business partners while Hamish proposes Alice spots the white rabbit and chases after him leaving Hamish and the guests to wait.  Alice soon falls into the rabbit’s whole and starts the quest that will lead her to her destiny, to kill the Jabberwocky and put an end to the red queens reign. Along the way she meets the familiar character such as the Chesire Cat(Stephen Fry) and Tweedledee and Tweedledum(both by Matt Lucas) as well as the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp)

The Film has the visual look that at this point is standard Burton, what 15 years ago might have been considered revolutionary is now his signature style. Depp as the mad hatter puts on a funny voice and wears a wig and a lot of makeup, while he does his usual performance which is better than almost anyone else’s it feels at this point that we have seen this one already especially after his performance in Charlie and the chocolate factory.

The film is entertaining but feels like Burton played it a bit safe if the film was a little darker and not confined to a Disney PG rating, Burton might have created something truly special unfortunately it doesn’t reach that level and instead gives exactly what we expect and nothing more. It feels as though Tim Burton has in the words of the Mad Hatter “lost his “muchness”.

 

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