Alice Through the Looking Glass Review Roundup: Is the Magic Gone in Disney Sequel?

In Disney’s new film Alice Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to the studio’s 2010 hit live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Mia Wasikowska reprises her part as the British heroine, while Johnny Depp returns as the Mad Hatter, whose mental health is even more unstable in the wake of an attack on his family. […]

In Disney’s new film Alice Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to the studio’s 2010 hit live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Mia Wasikowska reprises her part as the British heroine, while Johnny Depp returns as the Mad Hatter, whose mental health is even more unstable in the wake of an attack on his family.
Alice aims to go back in time to save them. During that time, she also learns about the pasts of the White Queen and Red Queen, played again by Anne Hathaway andHelena Bonham Carter .
Alan Rickman provides the voice of Absolem the Caterpillar again, marking the final role for the actor, who died at age 69 this past January. Other stars include franchise newcomers Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays a half-clock, half-human character named Time, and Rhys Ifans, who plays the Mad Hatter’s dad, as well as returning actors Stephen Fry, who provides the voice of the Cheshire Cat again, Michael Sheen, the White Rabbit, and Timothy Spall, the Bloodhound.
Alice Through the Looking Glass was released Friday and has received mostly lackluster reviews.
Source: Eonline.com