While I didn't see the first one, my wife did and she thought this one was better. We've got Johnny Depp returning as the Mad Hatter but he's just kind of in the background doing his thing instead of being center stage. How's that for a spoiler free plot teaser? Any-who, the first thing I would like to note about this iteration of the franchise is how it's not directed by Tim Burton and you can tell because we aren't being beaten over the head with whimsy. Alice has to, once again, go into Wonderland to save the day even if it means traveling through time. In this adventure, the Mad Hatter (Depp) is dying of sadness because he believes that his family (long thought to have perished at the hands of the Jabberwocky) is actually alive but just lost.
Bottom line: The perfectly OK Alice Through the Looking Glass is getting pretty terrible reviews but I don't really know why it makes me want to ask, "What were you expecting?" 2.5/4 Alice Through the Looking Glass is the sequel to Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland.
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