While I once again find myself intrigued by the work of Tim Burton (“Batman”), I find that he once again, he didn’t get everything finely tuned in this remake of “Alice in Wonderland”.

In Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland”, Alice (Mia Wasikowska “Jane Eyre”) who is now 19years of age finds herself returning to the strange and inspired world of the very place she visited as a young child only to find herself immersed in a psychotic version of it (much like Dorothy in “Return to Oz”). The Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter “Fight Club”) is now in control and has turned the once beautiful world into one ruled by fear. With the help of some of her old friends including The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp “Ed Wood”) and some new ones including The White Queen (Anne Hathaway “Get Smart”) Alice sets to take back the land and make it peaceful once more.

I’m not too fond of the girl that played Alice as I found her depressing. Johnny Depp made The Mad Hatter interesting but I feel like the movie as a whole isn’t quite on the right frequency. I liked The Red Queen as I found her to be well voiced. The rest of the cast was quite frankly a mixed bag.

Although I applaud Burton for his unique twist I just wasn’t happy with the end product. For me it was a little too dark and perhaps even a little too bizarre at points. The scene where Alice becomes a knight and she starts fighting looked ridiculous beyond belief and some of the characters looked horrific no thanks to the C.G, which for me is a little overused in this movie. Although there are some great ideas I just don’t think they’re conveyed particularly well. If you are really into the weird world of Burton then maybe should check this one out.