Alice in Wonderland

Why is a raven like a writing desk?...

My wife, Heather, and I met up with our good friends the Morgans to see the newest Tim Burton creation of Alice in Wonderland Staring Mia Wasikowska, as Alice, Johnny Depp played the Mad Hatter and Helen Bonham Carter as the Red Queen. I was expecting a very dark version of through the looking glass, which the movies was based on not the original movie. It was not nearly as dark as I had expected it to be. Minus a few eye gouges it was a rather kid friendly movie. Depp was great as the Mad Hatter. Mia Wasikowska has been if a few other movies including Amelia. She is an up and coming actress to keep a close eye on. According to IMDB she is in Pre-production to play Jane in Jane Eyre.

Alice in Wonderland was based on the Through the Looking Glass novel in which Alice goes back to wonderland to find that the Red queen has taken control of Wonderland and running a muck. She has employed the service of a few new friends, the Jub Jub Bird, The Bandersnatch and the infamous Jabberwocky. Alice struggles to remember her place in Wonderland as other try to remind her of her future heroic acts, as they strive to dethrone the evil queen of hearts.

The colors in the movie are fantastic and but for few few cheesy lines by Alice the movie was good. Mia's acting get better throughout the movie , which must be difficult being surrounded by such an amazing cast.
As a father of a 5 and 2 year old I would have to pass on showing it to my kids, but if you have kids closer to 8 or 10, then they may enjoy it more. Some of the monster scenes would be a bit to frightening. The music was once again done by Danny Elfman and was most enjoyable. If you were a fan of Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory then this movie would be a safe bet for you.

6.975 out of 10