Carter gives it her all and seems to have fun, and one can never forget Toby Jones, although he also does little. Her Alice really puts a smile on a face with her witty delivery and clearly purveyed humanity, although sometimes the script's attempts at wondrous cleverness left her with poor material. We also have Wasikowska, who I am typically fond of in all of her work. Attention is given to Depp and has to be due to his seizure-inducing makeup, and he does reasonably well but stars in another flop. However, the relative lack of Rickman (who was probably unable to make a commitment to the project beyond his involvement, may he rest in peace) and Hathaway apart from almost token appearances that do little with the main plot sadden the viewer and draw attention to the fact that the rest of the Hatter's gang (Sheen, the late Windsor, Fry, Spall, and so forth) really don't get up to much. The time element served the entertainment well and Cohen as Time was a nice addition. This being said, the screenplay's creativity does sometimes wear thin and a few plot elements seem completely ordinary compared to some of the injections of inspiration. I enjoyed how she painted Alice's contemporary society as it contextualised her in a sympathetic way without bashing us over the head too much or attempting to be too complex, portraying the nuances of sexism and elitism in a way not quite copied over from every other mildly feminist film. Burton is only involved in a directing capacity, but I enjoyed what I remember from the Muppet films and his involvement with Sacha Baron Cohen in the past makes him one to watch, no? Woolverton, something of a Disney legend, returns to write the screenplay once more. Through the Looking Glass reassembles the glitz and glamour of the first installment to mostly maintained effect, but the obvious deficiencies from the first installment despite a few solid expansions render the project quite forgettable. I don't think this film is worth your time. Again, Tim Burton delivers a visually stunning film, but the characters and story are basically caricatures of what the books or 1959 film delivers. But that is the vaguest hint of idea from the source material in this film. The idea that the Mad Hatter and Father Time are having an argument, so Time makes it tea time, all the time, is straight from the pages of Lewis Carroll's works. Alice revisits Wonderland and finds the Hatter is in need of help and so travels through time to make everything right again.