Tim Burton is losing his brilliance one movie at a time.

Rating: 5/10 (24 February 2010)

It was to hope a total reinvention of Wonderland, with the twist that Burton gives to his films, but sadly, this version on LSD of "Alice in Wonderland" is not much than that, because where previous Burton films shined, this one failed. There's not a chance in getting involved with the characters (as we did with both sweet Eddies - Scissorhands and Wood -), and the adventure they are living is as plain as a 32' LED TV.
Alice's journey starts at the common place of social inadequacy and keeps the track of the character that finds itself in the way of its own faith and finally accepts it. Nothing new.
But here comes the new stuff. For the first time Burton directs a story with a female main character. Due to his possible inability to make it strong and interesting enough, Alice is a poor character and it throws away the good chance of taking advantage of Mia Wasikowska's talent. The responsibility of keeping the attention of the public falls again on the capable hands of Johnny Depp, that this time, couldn't make The Hatter character enjoyable. But actually, with that twisted concept of it (those hideous eyes, the hair and the hysteric personality) no actor can make it enjoyable.
It's a shame that all the commotion that the movie has caused is finally translated into an eternally boring movie experience that could have been resumed in over 40 minutes.