Alice Through the Looking Glass

"It's time for a little madness."

2016 1h 53m EN

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★6.6TMDB · 6,905

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Synopsis

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Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

“It's time for a little madness.”

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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
Sacha Baron Cohen
Time
Matt Lucas
Tweedledee / Tweedledum
Alan Rickman
Absolem / Caterpillar (voice)
Stephen Fry
Cheshire Cat (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Bobin
Writers: Linda Woolverton
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$170M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 10 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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4 / 8

CAST

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by James Bobin, shot by Stuart Dryburgh. 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 Andrew Weisblum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Bobin directs. Stuart Dryburgh behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Andrew Weisblum cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1$170M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Part of the "Alice in Wonderland Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4217+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by James Bobin, shot by Stuart Dryburgh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Andrew Weisblum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "It's time for a little madness.".
10IMDB entry: tt2567026 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "based on novel or book", "clock", "queen", "time travel".
12Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Andrew Weisblum
Production design: Dan Hennah
Costume design: Colleen Atwood
Makeup / hair: Flora Moody
VFX supervisor: Ken Ralston
Sound: Michael Semanick
Stunt coordinator: Ben Cooke
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $170,000,000
Box office: $299,457,024
Return: 176% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

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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Reno2016-11-04
★ 6/10
Alice returns to the wonderland for a new adventure. Based on the nearly 150 years old children's book, and a sequel to the 2010 film. Its quite a long gap for a follow up film, but the original cast has returned and directed by 'The Muppets' famed filmmaker. So, I was not expecting it since I considered the first film an average. All I wanted was a normal live-action 'Alice in Wonderland' films, but I disliked this weird make-ups and large head characters. In that perspective, this one was much better. Still, this is not the best, but definitely a lot better than the previous one. A simple adventure story with nice graphics and performances. The Alice returns to the Wonderland for a new adventure where she has to cross the layers of the present, past and future. So in one word, this is a time travel theme in the fantasy genre. Mia Wasikowska ruled it, she was everywhere. She overran all other characters and takes the toughest challenge to achieve impossible. Nearly a two hour journey into wonderland might make happy for little kids. Because it did not look like a normal fairytale, but very modern. This is not the Disney's best film, so I don't think there will be any more sequel. I want it to be rebooted, but not any time soon, at least a decade of gap needed. So I hope they won't rush and ruin this classic tale like three 'Spiderman' reboots in less than 20 years. Meantime, this film is okay for watching once, though I'm not in favour to recommend it to anybody except little children. 6/10
r96sk2020-11-16
★ 7/10
A step down from the 2010 film, but <em>'Alice Through the Looking Glass'</em> is a solid film nonetheless. I enjoyed seeing this plot, largely about time, play out. The film is CGI heavy, but does look great for the vast majority. The cast are good, with Mia Wasikowska leading well and surrounded by the likes of Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. I do think the film could've been slightly shorter, with better pacing and less emphasis on the 'real world' stuff featuring Alice. The looking glass entry isn't as interesting/magical as the rabbit hole, also. Far superior to the 1998 adaptation of this 1871 Lewis Carroll novel, that's for certain.
Andre Gonzales2023-04-16
★ 7/10
I like sequels when the characters come into there own. Better then the 1st.