Alice in Wonderland
Alice Through the Looking Glassis more of a shiny, yet hollow, Disney product than meaningful continuation of Alice’s story.
Alice Through the look Glasspicks up three years after Alice Kinsleigh ( Mia Wasikowska ) made her second tripper to Wonderland , during which time she has journey to China aboard her late father ’s trading ship - and made plan to explore the rest of the mankind , too . Upon return home to London , Alice discovers that circumstances have change with respect to both her employ and her mother Helen ’s ( Lindsay Duncan ) living situation - putting Alice at peril of both losing her ship and winding up stay put behind a desk , working as a shop assistant for Hamish Ascot ( Leo Bill ) , the human beings who once advise to her . However , before she can make any conclusion on the matter , Alice is get hold of by the cat - wrench butterfly stroke Absolem ( Alan Rickman ) and follow him through an enchanted mirror that leads to Wonderland .
There , Alice watch that Hatter ( Johnny Depp ) has become convinced that his family unit - who were seemingly killed by the Jabberwocky yr ago - is still alive and that Hatter is now rapidly age , as a final result of this " madness " . The White Queen ( Anne Hathaway ) and the other denizen of Wonderland thus convince Alice to take on a life-threatening mission so as to save the hatmaker : gain out to Time himself ( Sacha Baron Cohen ) and use his Chronosphere ( a gimmick that allow its user to travel across the Oceans of Time ) to go into the past times and change Wonderland ’s history , carry through Hatter ’s syndicate from their grisly fate . That is , of course , assuming that Alice does n’t give away the timeline in the process …
Alice Though the Looking Glassis go far on the scene some six yr after director Tim Burton’sAlice in Wonderlandopened in house in 2010 , on its agency to gross over $ 1 billion worldwide and ushering in the new earned run average of Disney live - action fairy tale re - imaginings . While the majority of theAlice in Wonderlandcast returned for the continuation , Burton only producedAlice Through the Looking Glass- having instead pass the director ’s torch over to Disney’sMuppetshelmsman James Bobin . Unfortunately , similar to the Bobin - directedMuppetssequelMuppets Most Wanted , theAlice in Wonderlandfollowup comes across as an effort to keep a lucrative Disney brand going , more than anything else .
TheAlice Through the Looking Glassnarrative by Linda Woolverton , who also penned Burton’sAlice in Wonderland , pick up with Alice as a young adult char - and her character arc in the moving-picture show ( as Alice comes to learn that she can not simply " betray " her way out of her adult problem in the present tense ) is a worthwhile telephone extension of Alice ’s own coming of age journeying in the previousAliceinstallment . unluckily , despite another self-colored performance from Mia Wasikowska , Alice spends most ofThrough the Looking Glassserving as short more than observer to the ( scene - manduction ) antics of Wonderland ’s various eccentric citizen - in finical , the unhinged Hatter and the Red Queen , whose inception are reveal over the class of a magnanimous plot line that is serviceable , but formulaic and bank too much on over - used time - travel tale image .
Johnny Depp ’s Hatter is afforded a backstory here that involves a unmanageable relationship with his father Zanik Hightopp ( Rhys Ifans ) , but thatThrough the look Glassplot train of thought is derivative of Depp ’s previous coaction with Burton and the " daddy effect " explore therein . As for the Hatter himself , there ’s less emotional nuance to the part here than there was inAlice in Wonderland- to the degree that Depp ’s Hatter in universal add up off as little more than a lively - legal action , but still two - dimensional , animated cartoon type . Helena Bonham Carter ’s Red Queen , by comparison , gets a more intriguing backstory that paint her in a more sympathetic light ( impart to listen Woolverton ’s revisionist approach to another Disney villain in herMaleficentscreenplay ) . However , these aroused insight end up feeling trivial since Carter ’s Red Queen is still the same insipid resister for most of the moving picture - and her relationship with Anne Hathaway ’s White Queen is under - developed , enough so that the revelation about the sisters ' share past have limit striking impact .
Sacha Baron Cohen ’s Time is another crucial player inAlice Through the Looking Glass ' proceedings - and while the flub opponent is more multi - faceted than the literal mustache - twirling villain he could have been , he functions as an obstacle in the moving-picture show ’s narration , more than an interesting character in his own rightfield . Meanwhile , Wonderland ’s CGI resident physician ( the late Alan Rickman ’s Absolem , Michael Sheen ’s White Rabbit , Stephen Fry ’s Cheshire Cat , and so forth ) are more fixed decorations than persona here , even more than they were inAlice in Wonderland . The disconnection between the humans andThrough the seem Glass’digitally - provide players ( and , to a lesser degree , the CGI environments ) is all the more ostensible here too , following on the heels of Jon Favreau’sThe Jungle Book : a Disney live - action fairy tarradiddle movie that ’s more successful at integrating its digital chemical element ( include the film ’s CGI supporting character ) with its lead actor(s ) .
Wonderland itself is a more pleasantly colored fantasy landscape ( with a more even intermixture of practical sets and digital backdrops ) inThrough the count Glassthan it was inAlice in Wonderland . besides , Bobin and his collaborator - including director of photography Stuart Dryburgh ( The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ) - succeed in make some captivating imagery and spectacle here too , with unexampled location such as Time ’s lair and the ( literal ) Oceans of Time . However , thoughThrough the Looking Glass ' brighter color pallet allows the motion-picture show ’s visuals to appear less turbid when catch in 3-D thanAlice in Wonderland ’s did , the various preferences and scene in Burton ’s first installment had more personality by comparability ( thanks to the filmmaker ’s in darkness off - cadence hint ) . Bobin’sAlicesequel also uses 3D more to create an immersive atmosphere than for tonic - out effect , though not in a in particular innovational agency - so althoughThrough the Looking Glassbenefits from being view on a great sieve , 3-D is not really a necessity to get the full viewing experience offered here .
While there are elements of the film that ( with additional development ) could have potentially bring up it above being an satisfactory , but forgettable , subsequence , Alice Through the Looking Glassis more of a shining , yet hollow , Disney product than meaningful continuation of Alice ’s write up . Through the Looking Glassentered development before the critically - applaud Disney live - action fagot tale filmsCinderellaandThe Jungle Bookand it shows , as theAlice in Wonderlandfollowup has a mindset more in credit line with the corporate - mandated dealership transportation that Disney was producing in the early 2010s ( seePrince of Persia , Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides , etc . ) than its more creatively - revolutionize late tentpoles . Through the Looking Glassunfolds more as a book - oddment toAlice in Wonderlandthan a bridgework to a thirdAlicemovie , but time itself - not Timehimself- and the box office will truly determine whether or not Miss Kingsleigh gets to direct back to Wonderland again in the future .
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Alice Through the Looking Glassis now playing in U.S. dramaturgy nationwide . It is 113 minutes long and is shop PG for fantasy action / peril and some language .
Alice Through the Looking Glass is a fancy risky venture film direct by James Bobin and raise by Tim Burton . Released in 2016 , it is a sequel to the 2010 motion picture Alice in Wonderland . The celluloid asterisk Mia Wasikowska as Alice , who recall to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to preserve her booster , the Mad Hatter , played by Johnny Depp .
Alice Through the Looking Glass is a fantasy adventure film directed by James Bobin and produced by Tim Burton. Released in 2016, it is a sequel to the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland. The film stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, who returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save her friend, the Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp.
Alice Through the Looking Glass is a fantasy adventure film directed by James Bobin and produced by Tim Burton. Released in 2016, it is a sequel to the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland. The film stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, who returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save her friend, the Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp.
