Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to Wonderland after finding success in the real world as a ship's captain, only to discover that the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) is suffering from severe depression. Eager to help her friend, she steals a time-travel device called the Chronosphere and journeys into the past in order to save the Hatter's family. Elsewhere, the deposed Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) also attempts to go back in time and heal old wounds. Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Michael Sheen co-star. James Bobin (THE MUPPETS) directed this time around, taking over from Tim Burton (who helmed 2010's ALICE IN WONDERLAND)., Mia Wasikowska returns as Alice Kinsleigh in this Walt Disney Pictures sequel also starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. James Bobbins (THE MUPPETS) directs.
"LOOKING GLASS loses none of the first film’s muchness, with Bobin mimicking both his predecessor’s wildly saturated style..." -- Grade: B-
Entertainment Weekly - Leah Greenblatt (05/10/2016) "This is essentially an animated film with some live-action performers dropped in and digitally augmented in eye-catchingly bizarre ways." A.V. Club - Jesse Hassenger (05/24/2016) 3 stars out of 5 -- "The result is an always diverting, never dull fantasy that rarely stays still long enough for the viewer to pick holes." Total Film - Neil Smith (05/24/2016) 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's Sacha Baron Cohen who elevates proceedings, making the interesting choice of a Werner Herzogian German accent." Empire - Andrew Lowry (05/17/2016) |