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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.

The critical consensus

The 2010 Alice in Wonderland movie boasted some gothic magic courtesy of Tim Burton. The James Bobin-directed sequel is uninspired in comparison.

**(*)(*)(*)Nigel M Smith, The Guardian, 10/05/2016

Bobin’s attempt to fill Tim Burton’s shoes generates a lively but ersatz sequel that only truly ticks when Baron Cohen and Bonham Carter are around.

***(*)(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 10/05/2016

Wasikowska gives it her all, and Cohen shines, but while this is a better film than the first, that was a low bar to reach.

***(*)(*)Andrew Lowry, Empire Online, 17/05/2016

It is bursting with colour, slapstick and ideas but what becomes curiouser and curiouser is its lack of finesse.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 24/05/2016

The result is a precision-engineered marvel of modern movie technology with a bit of a hollow centre.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 26/05/2016

Helena Bonham Carter has fun as the Red Queen, but this ignores Lewis Carroll in favour of machine-tooled CGI fantasy fare with a tiresome Johnny Depp.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 26/05/2016

James Bobin’s effects-heavy adaptation has little in common with the source material.

**(*)(*)(*)Wendy Ide, The Observer, 29/05/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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