Waste of time

Absolutely amazing

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

In keeping with the theme of this movie, Maggie Grace is naught less than the Princess of Hearts.Maggie Grace. Long, coltish legs, which she uses to full effect. Music and magic in motion. Kim in TAKEN and Faith, the muse, in CALIFORNICATION. So, I signed up for this ride...Modern remake of "Alice in Wonderland" has little similarity to the original, albeit in a distorted way, like a drug-induced hallucinatory trip down the rabbit hole of the inner psyche. Along the way, Alice meets characters loosely inspired by the old classic. The Caterpillar is a drug-happy pimp in a souped-up ride, the Cheshire Cat is a super- smooth DJ with an enticing riddle that holds the key to Alice finding herself...It's like this one is a very, very good idea, which plays out fine once we start getting into it, but then, around midway, from there on, the wheels come off and it all loses fizz. Movie turns out to be a miss by a mile after a promising first half.But all is not lost. I enjoyed watching.I'm not going to say much more. Try looking it at from my point of view. That lovely girl, look at her hands. Her hands are gentle pink-tipped creatures. Observe the diner scene, where she covers her face with her hands. See? And earlier on, when she takes out her iPod (or whatever!) Look at those pretty hands. This movie has a magical fairy princess in the lead. It has shortcomings, plenty of them. I can forgive it every mistake, at least while Maggie Grace is on the screen.Ta-ta. Wheaties.

A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.I have seen many different versions of the Alice in Wonderland story, from the Disney version to a bizarre Slavic one and many in between. Not long ago the SyFy network reinvented the story yet again (I believe it would have been after this). And still more versions are on the horizon (we are still waiting for the Marilyn Manson version).Whether or not this is a great film (I would say not), it is a valiant effort towards again trying to update the story. Maggie Grace is a respectable Alice, and the characters they wrote in here were perfectly cast -- I could tell who they were supposed to be without even having to hear their names. (Maybe the names should not have been so obvious.)

I found this movie on Netflix and was initially unsure about it. The title seemed stupid and the rating wasn't all that high. Even once I started watching it, I was just mostly confused. I was interested, yes, but so so confused. For this reason, I will say that this movie isn't for everyone. It's definitely weird, and not just in a slightly quirky kind of way. My advice is, if you start watching this movie and feel put off, start over.That's what I did, and my experience was increased tenfold. I put my laptop away (I'm very guilty of browsing the internet while watching movies) and found a time when I could actually focus on the movie. The script and the acting was fantastic, with some over-the-top characters, brilliant little details and an overall dream-like feel. When it comes to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" adaptions, my favorites tend to be the ones that can recreate that same playful crazy feeling that made Lewis Carroll's version so appealing to me as a child. This was definitely in that thread. I'm not sure how well this movie would go over with somebody who hasn't read, or didn't love, the original book. Personally, I had a little rush of joy seeing how wonderfully frantic the trial scene was, just as it was in the book. There were lots of connections like that throughout the film. That said, there were also some great original touches.In general, I'd definitely advise you to watch it at least once. (While actually paying attention) Some people will love it to death, and others will probably think it's stupid. I think it's worth seeing which category you fall into.

Had I made the film "Malace in Wonderland" (2009) I would be quite proud of it. But it is not something that I would casually show to a random group of people expecting an enthusiastic response. Its target audience is the off-kilter and twisted, and not even all of those will wildly embrace this effort. But if you get off on oddity, quirkiness, and fun you should seek out this film.This is the fourth of five relatively recent efforts to "out-weird" Carroll by taking the framework of his story and constructing a feature film that reflects the director's inner child at the expense of the wit and wisdom of the source material.If a perverse homage is your cup of tea and you don't hold your own image of the Mad Hatter sacred, then you should check out this film along with the other four: Tim Burton's recent release, Terry Gilliam's "Tideland" (2005), Czech animator Jan Svankmajerand "Alice" (1988), and the one that started the trend-Richard Elfman's "Forbidden Zone (1982). "Malace" is the best of the group if only because it captures more of the original's spirit. It's gotten to be a rather well-traveled path but this one benefits from a closer association to the original "Wonderland".In this case Carroll's story is transported to the gritty underworld of modern day East London (insert lowlifes, drug lords, addicts and pimps here). But not so gritty that there are not a lot of bizarre characters with counterparts in the original wonderland and looking glass worlds.Lost's Maggie Grace plays Alice Dodgson (Carroll's real last name although she has amnesia and is nameless for most of the story - perhaps a symbolic connection to his use of a pen name). Danny Dyer is a London Taxi driver named Whitey, and like the White Rabbit he is often running late despite being obsessed with time. Nathaniel Parker is a recently released from prison underworld boss, like the Queen of Hearts he holds a trial when his tarts (in this case a string of hookers) are stolen.Bronagh Gallagher is Hattie, the operator of a truck stop brothel, she holds Mad Hatter tea parties with the assistance of a sleeping Dormouse. Gallagher's character is by far the best of the ensemble and you wish that she had more screen time.Gary Beadle is DJ Felix Chester (the Cheshire Cat) and Paul Kaye is the Caterpillar. The Tweedle twins are employed as burly nightclub bouncers . Matt King plays a hustler named Gonzo, a significant character who apparently was kidnapped from the set of a Muppet parody and has no Wonderland parallel (go figure??).Grace's Alice is your basic still coltish Homecoming Queen who does not yet realize (or at least convincingly pretends to not realize) how incredibly hot she has become. I have read that she was a last minute replacement for Misha Barton, who also has that quality. Apparently Fellows knew exactly what he wanted for the role and why he wanted it. He effectively utilizes her face in frequent close-up, building a connection with viewers to Alice's very confused point-of-view. It works!! The film has excellent production design, cinematography, and acting for the camera direction. The writing is the only weak area, not that it is poor but rather the project is so ambitious that another rewrite would have been a good investment. The romance and the search for the birth mother have some emotional impact but are poorly integrated into the story. You can overlook a lack of logic (this is "Wonderland" after all) but those two elements seek to provide a resolution to one of the few stories where one is not needed.I just don't see Carroll going out of his illogical lunacy with a logical and predictable ending.Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.