Alice In Wonderland (2010)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND  (2010)  ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Tim Burton
    Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter,
    Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Tim Pigott-Smith
Tim Burton's eye-filling screen version of the Lewis Carroll story about a girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole into an alternate universe where she grows real big and grows real small and meets all kinds of strange, wonderful, terrifying creatures. Burton's visual playfulness is a good match for Carroll's verbal whimsy, the combination of live action and CGI animation looks seamless, and the cast is having a real good time. (Personal favorites: Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat and Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar.) Johnny Depp's the Mad Hatter. Anne Hathaway's the White Queen.  Helena Bonham Carter plays the Red Queen, who wants to take off everybody's head. (And wait till you see her head.) Beware the Jabberwock, keep the Vorpal blade at hand, and take a tumble down this rabbit hole yourself.