Clever.

Rating: 10/10 (6 March 2010)

This movie version of "Alice is Wonderland" is surprisingly intelligent.
It takes the main elements of the classical story, set 13 years later against the tyrannical rule of Red Queen, thus setting up the archetypal "quest" story cleverly incorporating the book's Jabberwocky poem.
Bookending this "quest" is the 'real world' story of a Victorian girl coming of age and gaining the courage to take control of her life against social pressures and expectations.
In terms of literary ingenuity I think it's terrific - provided you're familiar with (and a big fan of) the original Alice story.