It's not C.L. Dodgson's story, it's Burton's.

Rating: 7/10 (13 May 2010)

I have read through many reviews of this movie before I watched it. It seems that critics in general find the story poorly written, as if Burton took the original book and failed to make it into a movie. This certainly is correct to a certain point and if you expect this movie to be an exact transcription of the book, you will be disappointed. I wasn't however. As a matter of fact I have greatly enjoyed watching this movie from the very first to the very last second. And the sole reason for that is that this movie is a classic Burton all the way. It's a story about a picturesque world where dreams and reality blur. It's a story driven by a simple idea of believing in your dreams. And Tim Burton is a man known to be a nine-days wonder in such condition. While I was watching this movie, his dream has become my reality. This man can deliver the most grotesque out-of-the-way scene with nonchalant negligence. You can feel that he couldn't be bothered with realism of the story simply because for him, the story was real. And if you allow it, this dreamy fairy tale can become just as real for you... All you have to do is forget that there was some book written by a guy who called himself Lewis Carrol and let yourself fully immerse into one of the most beautiful portrayals of a dream-scape ever created.