Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers (WGA):

Linda Woolverton (screenplay)
Lewis Carroll (books)

Release Date:

5 March 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Queen | Animal | Talking Animal | Jabberwocky | Garden

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Johnny Depp	...	Mad Hatter
Mia Wasikowska	...	Alice
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

Also Known As:

"Alice in Wonderland: An IMAX 3D Experience" - USA (IMAX version)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #45902) | South Korea:All | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-11 | Norway:11 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Africa:10M | Netherlands:9 | New Zealand:PG | Japan:G | Hong Kong:IIA | Brazil:10 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Sweden:11 | Denmark:11 | Germany:12 | Austria:6 | France:U | Taiwan:GP

Filming Locations:

Antony House, Torpoint, Cornwall, England, UK

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Casting auditions for 250 extras were held in the British city of Plymouth on 6th and 7th August 2008. Requirements were for people with a 'Victorian look' and for applicants to have no visible tattoos, piercings or dyed hair.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Alice is riding Bayard towards the Red Queen's Castle, her Bandersnatch scratch is on her left arm, when it should be on her right. Also, the flower that the Mad Hatter had put on her dress was on the left instead of the right.

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.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Vampires Suck (2010)

Soundtrack:

Alice

Nothing Wonderful

Adding a little bit of a background story and a few more characters to Alice's adventures didn't do as much as i thought it would for the story. Truthfully i wanted to love this movie, I'm a huge Tim Burton/ Johnny Depp fan. But this just didn't do it for me. I came out of the theater wondering if it were just the mediocre script or the director who had failed to meet my expectations. The best part of this movie is probably Johnny Depps portrayal of the mad hatter who truly is mad. However, Mia Wasikowska presents Alice in a dull manner that had me checking my watch every ten or fifteen minutes. Overall this film isn't awful, but at the same time its no masterpiece, for an interesting film to look at I suppose this would be an alright choice, however if you want a great story and compelling acting, you might want to check out something else, because this isn't the movie you're looking for.