Andrew Goss As the film begins the viewer might wonder if they are watching a Pirates of the Caribbean knockoff. They are not, instead it is Steampunk Onedin Line out of Poldark, with a hint of Dickens. The plot is absurd, but no more so than The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (original radio version anyway), and contrives to be coherent within its own definition. The CGI, other than the intro sequence, is magnificent, like Armageddon, forget the plot, enjoy the spectacle. Alas, the cast of Armageddon threw themselves into their roles with gusto, and offer some of the most glorious over acting imaginable. Here, nobody except the Cheshire Cat and Alice inhabits the role consistently. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee bear an uncanny resemblance to Boris Johnson, but are no more convincing. As another reviewer has pointed out, the psychology is absurd, but unlike the physics, is poorly thought out, and falls flat. There are numerous references to both the Alice Through the Looking Glass and in Wonderland books, but as decoration only, the substance is pure Disney Family Values pap, with visual goings-on to keep the eyes on the screen. I have seen worse films, much worse, and actually enjoyed this one on balance. Take it as its own valuation and it is fun, but no more than that.

kim-liz-cass I'm not even done watching to film, I'm about 10 minutes from the end but I'm so disinterested by it that I thought I would write a review while the final scene plays. I think this title is very much a testament to the fact that money does not buy you a decent movie. Effect after effect after effect after garish colours and CGI animals. My goodness, if they had paid their tech guys a little less, and their story-writers a little more we may have had something good here. (Although in my opinion they were finished by the first movie in this series with the casting of Alice. What a vapid and uninteresting actress.) Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carol is a beautiful story, and while I know they're not exactly going for a retelling, they could have thrown a few nods to it here and there. Overall, very disappointing. But in true Disney fashion, it is a pretty thing to watch.

studioAT Having used the books by Lewis Carroll for the first film there's really nowhere for this sequel (an unneeded one at that) to go in terms of plot.It manages to cobble something together, that is equally as nonsensical as anything Carroll dreamed up, but apart from some big names popping up in their roles from last time (Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp) there is a strong sense throughout that this is a sequel for the sake for a sequel.I'm not saying the Tim Burton directed first part was a masterpiece, but at least it was grounded on something more solid.

Artur Machado Without Tim Burton as director, and you did very well, Tim, to stay away. Sequel to the 2010 movie "Alice in Wonderland", this one soon starts with sexist feminist propaganda, with Alice a few years older as, just imagine, captain of a merchant ship. The innocent Alice of the first movie here is an arrogant pirate to her subordinates, she responds crookedly to her mother and steals an artifact that allows her to travel in time even though she has been warned and experienced firsthand that the past is unalterable, and she does it to help the Hatter who is dying of, just imagine, nostalgia for his 'supposedly' dead family. Then in the end all turns out well with impossible understandings: the two queens would never be friends forever and ever even being sisters, for one is notoriously insane, just as Alice's mother's change of heart is totally out of character. Moreover, the story is bad, confusing, and stumbles upon itself like the hands of a clock in infinite circles (and that is what it is about!), the visual aspect being the only redeeming factor. But what are great visuals without context or a good plot? The answer to that question is this movie.