Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll's most famous work is brought to the screen yet again in this animated fantasy. While following the White Rabbit, young Alice trips and falls down a rabbit hole into a mysterious netherworld, where she encounters the genially bizarre Mad Hatter and the frequently angry Red Queen, and discovers strange potions which can make her shrink or expand at will. As Alice tries to make her way through this strange new world, she tries to find a way home.
Director:
When it comes to 3-D visual splendors, give me Wonderland over Pandora any day.
"Alice" plays better as an adult hallucination, which is how Burton rather brilliantly interprets it until a pointless third act flies off the rails.
Burton finely balances excess and restraint to create an absorbing, visually rich world of his very own.
Still, even Disney and a PG rating can't bury Burton's subversive wit. Like Carroll, he's a master at dressing up psychic wounds in fantasy.
In the film's rather humdrum 3-D, the place doesn't dazzle â?" it droops.
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Academy Awards (2011)
Best Costume
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2011)
Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical
American Cinema Editors (2011)
Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Annie Awards (2011)
Fantasy Film
Art Directors Guild (2011)
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