Alice in Wonderland (2010)

19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers:

Linda Woolverton (screenplay), Lewis Carroll (books)

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter

Won 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 42 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Depp	...	Mad Hatter
Mia Wasikowska	...	Alice Kingsleigh
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Red Queen
Anne Hathaway	...	White Queen
Crispin Glover	...	Stayne - Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas	...	Tweedledee / Tweedledum
Michael Sheen	...	White Rabbit (voice)
Stephen Fry	...	Cheshire Cat (voice)
Alan Rickman	...	Blue Caterpillar (voice)
Barbara Windsor	...	Dormouse (voice)
Paul Whitehouse	...	March Hare (voice)
Timothy Spall	...	Bayard (voice)
Marton Csokas	...	Charles Kingsleigh
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	Lord Ascot
John Surman	...	Colleague #1

Storyline

Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called "Underland," she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason--to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.

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Plot Keywords:

queen | animal | talking animal | destiny | jabberwocky | 

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Taglines:

You're invited to a very important date 3/5/10

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [de] Disney [fr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alice in Wonderland: An IMAX 3D Experience

Filming Locations:

Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£10,555,220 (UK) (5 March 2010)

Gross:

$334,185,206 (USA) (2 July 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films, Team Todd

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX SDDS Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was released on DVD just a little over 3 months after it opened in theaters.

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Goofs

When the Hatter asks Alice if he's gone mad, she tells him he's "entirely bonkers." The word "bonkers" wasn't coined until after World War II.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lord Ascot: Charles, you have lost your senses? This picture is impossible.
Charles Kingsleigh: Precisely. Gentlemen, the only way to achieve the impossible, is to believe it's possible.

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Crazy Credits

The ending credits have flowers going from dead to blooming, a sun rising and setting, and vines moving around.

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Connections

Version of Alice in Wonderland (1966)

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Soundtracks

"Refined Tastes"
(uncredited)
Music by Matthew Cruft
KPM Music Ltd

User Reviews

Alice in Blunderland

I was able to catch a prescreening of Alice in Wonderland tonight on March 2nd. Despite some pretty nifty visuals, and jaw dropping set pieces, I found the movie to be incredibly dull, flat, and utterly full of itself. The film is merely a vehicle for Johnny Depp to showcase his talents, and he portrays the Mad Hatter as an actor who can't quite find the right shoes to fill in the role. He rotates from a Scottish brogue, to a feminine lisp, and staggers once in awhile as the unmistakable character of Captain Jack Sparrow. Where the visuals triumph, the story lacks. The proposed 'sequel' to Alice in Wonderland is literally a rehash of most of the finer points of the original, except a lot more Johnny Depp- a character who the audience is supposed to sympathize with and root for, but who i found a bit annoying and tiresome after awhile. The plot is fairly simple. Alice (the stone faced, newcomer Mia Wasisoska whose acting is limited to mildly concerned, mildly puzzled, and mildly agitated) flees from an arranged marriage proposal from a wealthy lord. She follows a curious white rabbit and tumbles down a hole into Underland, referred to as Wonderland by Alice. She then meets a variety of odd characters, most of them familiar from the original Alice. The plot is fairly simplistic, and a tad boneheaded. The Red Queen (Bonham Carter, slightly overdoing it, but arguably the best actor of the bunch) rules the land, but is pitted against the tiresome goodness and light of her sister, The White Queen (Hathaway doing an air-headed imitation of, you guessed it, Captain Jack Sparrow). Alice is destined by some ancient scroll to defeat the Jabberwocky and end The Red Queen's reign of terror. Alice boils down to mere eye candy-something that is visually pleasing, but is only a piece of fluff. If your a fan of Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this movie is right up your ally. I prefer Burton at his best with movies that attempt to involve the audience like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Big Fish. However, this bloated mess is sure to rank in hundreds of millions of dollars, but it tugs at our wallets rather than our hearts. It's a scary thought, but I hope that Burton's best work isn't behind him. 4/10