Burton and Disney have found a glorious way to interpret fairy tales and fantasies.
– Claire Martin,
Denver Post,
5 Mar 2010
fresh:
A visually imaginative fairy tale that suffers slightly from its predictable course but still manages to wow at all the crucial moments.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
5 Mar 2010
fresh:
The true three-dimensionality here is the old-fashioned kind -- Wasikowska's fully rounded performance. Throughout the technical razzle-dazzle, we keep returning to the pallor of that face, the gravity in those eyes.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
5 Mar 2010
rotten:
Its single biggest failing -- an affront to Lewis Carroll and the charms of nonsense literature -- is the fact that it makes sense.