Burton's magical adventure - Washington Post

Is there a better movie-match than Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton? With "Alice in Wonderland," his boldly revisionist remix of Carroll's beloved tales of a young girl's journey down a rabbit hole and through a looking glass, Burton finely balances excess and restraint to create an absorbing, visually rich world of his very own.

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Burton has wisely avoided producing a mere pop-up illustration of the books, instead finding inspiration in Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen and other familiar characters and putting them into a brand-new story. His most nervy decision -- making Alice a 19-year-old young woman on the verge of a tiresome marriage -- also proves to be his best. "Alice in Wonderland" is not just a refreshingly feminist version of the classic hero quest but a forum for a terrific breakout performance from newcomer Mia Wasikowska. After a brief preamble featuring young Alice after a very strange dream involving a waistcoat-wearing rabbit, "Alice in Wonderland" leaps forward 13 years, when she is on her way to being engaged to a wealthy but dull aristocrat. At the engagement party, Alice spies the busy rabbit again, chases after him and falls down a dusty tunnel. She winds up not in Wonderland but Underland, a place suffering under the rule of the cruel and petulant Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). When Alice meets a hookah-smoking caterpillar (voiced by Alan Rickman), she's informed that her destiny lies in returning the throne to the Red Queen's gentle sister, the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), after slaying the dreaded Jabberwocky.

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