Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 263
Fresh: 135 | Rotten: 128
Tim Burton's Alice sacrifices the book's minimal narrative coherence -- and much of its heart -- but it's an undeniable visual treat.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 19
Tim Burton's Alice sacrifices the book's minimal narrative coherence -- and much of its heart -- but it's an undeniable visual treat.
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Cast
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Anne-Marie Mallik
Alice -
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Wilfrid Brambell
White Rabbit -
John Gielgud
Mock Turtle -
Michael Gough
Dodo Bird -
Wilfred Lawson
Dormouse -
Leo McKern
Duchess -
Malcolm Muggeridge
Gryphon -
Angelo Muscat
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Michael Redgrave
Caterpillar -
Peter Sellers
King of Hearts -
Alan Bennett
Mouse -
Peter Cook
Mad Hatter -
Eric Idle
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Mia Wasikowska
Alice -
Johnny Depp
The Mad Hatter -
Anne Hathaway
White Queen -
Helena Bonham Carter
Red Queen -
Matt Lucas
TweedleDee/TweedleDu... -
Crispin Glover
Stayne - Knave of He... -
Michael Sheen
White Rabbit -
Stephen Fry
Cheshire Cat -
Alan Rickman
Blue Caterpillar -
Barbara Windsor
Dormouse -
Paul Whitehouse
March Hare -
Timothy Spall
Bayard -
Marton Csokas
Charles Kingsleigh -
Tim Pigott-Smith
Lord Ascot -
Lindsay Duncan
Helen Kingsleigh -
Geraldine James
Lady Ascot -
John Surman
Colleague #1 -
Peter Mattinson
Colleague #2 -
Leo Bill
Hamish -
Frances De La Tour
Aunt Imogene -
Jemma Powell
Margaret Kingsleigh -
John Hopkins (V)
Lowell -
Eleanor Gecks
Faith Chattaway -
Eleanor Tomlinson
Fiona Chattaway -
Rebecca Crookshank
Strange Woman Kisser -
Imelda Staunton
Tall Flower Faces -
Christopher Lee
Jabberwocky -
Mairi Ella Challen
6-Year-Old Alice -
Holly Hawkins
Woman With Large Nos... -
Lucy Davenport
Woman With Big Ears -
Joel Sweto
Man With Large Belly -
Jessica Oyelowo
Woman With Large Poi... -
Ethan Cohn
Man With Large Chin -
Richard Alonzo
Man With Big Forehea... -
Harry Taylor
Ship Captain -
Jim Carter
Executioner -
Frank Welker
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All Critics (265) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (135) | Rotten (128) | DVD (24)
Its single biggest failing -- an affront to Lewis Carroll and the charms of nonsense literature -- is the fact that it makes sense.
Top CriticThe true three-dimensionality here is the old-fashioned kind -- Wasikowska's fully rounded performance. Throughout the technical razzle-dazzle, we keep returning to the pallor of that face, the gravity in those eyes.
A visually imaginative fairy tale that suffers slightly from its predictable course but still manages to wow at all the crucial moments.
Burton and Disney have found a glorious way to interpret fairy tales and fantasies.
No knockouts here. No tkos, either.
Much of Carroll's magical nonsense remains, even if Burton's film wobbles at the gates of anarchy and ends up being a more average affair than many might expect.
The movie is seeped in distinctive visuals, lavish photography and set design that recalls the wondrous texture of "Harry Potter." What, then, held them back on taking further creative opportunities with the story?
This latest rendition of "Alice in Wonderland" is a journey worth taking mainly to see Tim Burton's imagination at play. The story is so well-known, but you haven't seen it done quite in this way before.
Time to take some of Lewis Carroll's advice, Tim: eat me.
It's the kind of movie that should inspire you to get a Blu-ray player and hi-def television if you don't have them already.
Storytelling has never been Burton's strong suit and his weakness is here compounded by a desire to somehow squeeze Carroll's topsy-turvy, logical-illogical tales into a teen-friendly, Disney-approved, big-screen adventure.
That Johnny Depp's take on the Mad Hatter is comparatively one of the more subdued performances tells you just how out there Tim Burton's film is.
Wobbles along as average entertainment garnered from a great book.
For all of the wild, 3D effects, eccentric characters and sly nods to its source material, the highlights ... are the performances of his two favorite actors--Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
Lewis Carroll is bent over a table, tears filling beneath his eyes. Something in your heart breaks. Your childhood, perhaps?
Burton's imagination never lets up ... and while those 3-D effects do seem to fade into the background, you can feed your head on his Wonderland for the entire trip.
...an endeavor that's big on spectacle yet small on plot...
More Disney than Tim Burton.
Despite stunning visuals and fine performances Alice in Wonderland never really goes anywhere. Or rather it goes somewhere we've all been before.
An endless series of tedious set pieces, flat characterization, lethargic visual effects, a waste of raw talent...
Even though Burton is unable to channel much suspense or awe, the film is a sumptuous visual delight. It all adds up to a mildly enjoyable adventure, sadly lacking in ambition.
A bland adventure fantasy, Alice in Wonderland may be pretty to look at, yet offers nothing more than Tim Burton's now generic and uninspired brand of filmmaking.
The imposition of a fairytale quest structure turns the surrealist wanderings (and wonderings) of a free-associating dreamer into a brusque crash-zoom, as Alice hurtles towards her appointment on the good-versus-evil battlefield.
The Alice books gained fame for being totally unconventional, and you decide to make a totally conventional movie out of them?
Could have been called Alice in Blunderland, Burton's latest is inferior to the childish Disney feature in nearly every way.
A fun film with awesome visual design. I think that over time detractors will mellow and Burton's Alice will become a classic. Bandersnatches and Futterwackens not withstanding.
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Movies Like Alice in Wonderland
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- Alice: What an idea. A crazy, mad, wonderful idea.
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- The Mad Hatter: You used to be much more...'muchier.' You've lost your muchness.
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- Alice: This is impossible.
- The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.
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- White Queen: We don't have to fight.
- Red Queen: I know what you're doing. You think you can blink those pretty little eyes and I'll melt, just like Mummy and Daddy did.
- White Queen: Please.
- Red Queen: No! It is my crown! I am the eldest! Jabberwocky!
- Alice: This is impossible.
- The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.
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- Caterpillar: You're almost Alice.
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- Red Queen: It is far better to be feared than loved.
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Foreign Titles
- Alice (1990) (DE)
- Alice (1990) (UK)
