The Darkest, Most Dramatic Alice in Wonderland Ever!

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2010)

I'd think twice before you get your child excited about a new "Alice in Wonderland" movie with the same White Rabbit, the same mad tea party, the same grinning Cheshire Cat and the same bad-tempered Queen of Hearts they've grown to love. Although these same characters are in this 2010 version, there is a major twist and, to young children, it is not a very friendly one! Instead of the 9/10-year-old little girl we all know, Alice is almost as old as me (however, like me, she's in her second childhood). Surely, youngsters won't want to see Alice severely injured by one of the more fierce "Wonderland" characters and this is just one of a series of scenes that would be considered more suitable for more mature people. I saw this movie in 3D this afternoon with my family and we all enjoyed it. Tim Burton has obviously tried his best to retain the world-famous catchphrases and musical poems from the classic book by Lewis Carroll but possibly couldn't resist putting so much of his quirky self into it. Everything is so dramatic in this film; I'm 20 and I found one or two bits scary. I would certify this film a 12A, at least, rather than the given PG classification.