Alice in Wonderland

"You're invited to a very important date."

2010 1h 48m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 15,100

FamilyFantasyAdventure

Synopsis

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Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.

“You're invited to a very important date.”

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Cast

Mia Wasikowska
Alice Kingsleigh
Johnny Depp
Tarrant Hightopp / Mad Hatter
Anne Hathaway
Mirana / White Queen
Helena Bonham Carter
Iracebeth / Red Queen
Crispin Glover
Ilosovic Stayne / Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas
Tweedledee / Tweedledum
Alan Rickman
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Stephen Fry
Cheshire Cat (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Linda Woolverton, Michael Schlingmann, Michael Schlingmann
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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AWARDS

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Part of the "Alice in Wonderland Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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240+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tim Burton, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Chris Lebenzon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Tim Burton directs. Dariusz Wolski behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Chris Lebenzon cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
2Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Part of the "Alice in Wonderland Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5240+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Tim Burton, shot by Dariusz Wolski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Chris Lebenzon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "You're invited to a very important date.".
11IMDB entry: tt1014759 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1215,100 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 12 themes, including "based on novel or book", "queen", "based on children's book", "fantasy world".
14Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Chris Lebenzon
Production design: Robert Stromberg
Costume design: Colleen Atwood
Makeup / hair: Terry Baliel
VFX supervisor: Craig Barron
Sound: Michael Semanick
Stunt coordinator: Eunice Huthart
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000,000
Box office: $1,025,467,110
Return: 513% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

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Part of

Alice in Wonderland Collection

Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 American fantasy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Linda Woolverton. The film stars Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas and Mia Wasikowska and features the voices of Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. Based on Lewis Carroll's fantasy novels and inspired by Walt Disney's 1951 animated film of the same name. A sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass was released in 2016.

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ohlalipop2017-02-09
I loved the movie. Of course it's a Tim Burton film and Johnny Depp is in the movie so it's already a given. Story wise, I like it that it's different from the usual Alice in Wonderland stories. I hope they Tim Burton will make the original movie though. The montage in the movie looks nice when they did the flashback. I love the colors. Anne Hathaway is great. I felt like watching a real life Disney princess. Of course Helena Bonham Carter is magnificent. With her big head that looks really natural, it adds to her funny character. And then there's Alan Rickman. Although he's just a voice of the caterpillar, once you hear his voice, you'll know it's him and it's a great comfort. My grade for this movie??? A. Wonderful story. Great cast. A movie that is pleasing to the eyes. I strongly recommend this to children, adults, and anyone in between. A great family movie.
BiGuy2021-11-29
★ 7/10
TL:DR A modern sequel to a classic. Feels like it has a few narrative issues, but it wasn't enough for me to really dislike it. (It gets a 6/10 on the Dragon-Scale, because the Jabberwocky has an amazing design and it's walking looks so off-putting.) Alice... who hasn't heard of or watched it at some point? This is a sequel to the original, Alice is now 19 when she returns to Wonderland. Which... she has no obvious memories of, which, for an adventure with the scope she undertook when she was younger, I find a little hard to believe. She never acknowledges having any memories of Wonderland until the end of the movie. Which again, strikes me as odd, because even if she would write off her earlier adventure as a dream, you'd still acknowledge having seen it all before, right? Perhaps I'm just overthinking this, but even subconsciously you'd recognize some of the things you see... right? In any case, Wonderland has gotten a lot darker and has gotten a healthy CGI coating. Which, might not seem super today, but I think it gives everything a very 'this is not reality' vibe. Which works in Underland's favor in my opinion, it's chaotic, lacking in conventional logic and absolutely infused with magic. And it's bizarre denizens all immediately pop out at you, with many strange shapes, weird behavioral tics and tend to defy the laws of physics. The story is a coming of age story, which is immediately set up in the beginning as Alice is forced into a marriage with someone she barely knows. Something not uncommon for the time it is set in. And during the movie she figures out who she is, someone who'll do things her own way, prophecies and expectations be damned. Despite not being the easiest way, everything still falls into place eventually and the prophecy fulfills itself. When she comes back to her reality, she turns down her chosen fiancé, gives everyone she's encountered at her engagement party some snappy one-liners, which, they all seem to take in stride. She then takes up her father's passion to establish brave new trade-routes all the way to China. Which, perhaps feels a little too easy. (Considering everyone was calling her father insane for his plans, which she promptly takes a step further.) But then again, this is a story with talking rabbits, a hookah smoking caterpillar and playing card knights, so perhaps I shouldn't take it so seriously. All in all, a fun watch with a satisfying payoff in the end!
Andre Gonzales2023-04-16
★ 6/10
Wasn't expecting much out of this movie. It surprised me and turned out to be a pretty decent movie.