"Time is running out" - ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Yesterday I went to the cinema with my friend Silvia to watch “Alice Through The Looking Glass” and I’m glad I decided to go, despite my tiredness caused by the stress of these days (for the exam).

I went to the cinema also for the first film, Alice In Wonderland (2010), which I really liked, especially for the grotesque atmosphere created by the director Tim Burton.

This time, the film is not directed by Burton (but by James Bobin) who is, instead, the producer, even if I didn't notice any difference between this film and the prequel.

Also the actors who play the main characters are the same: Mia Wasikowska (Alice Kingsleigh), Johnny Depp (the Mad Hatter, Tarrant Hightopp), Helena Bonham Carter (the Red Queen, Iracebeth) and Anne Hathaway (the White Queen, Mirana). There is also the new character, Time, interpreted by Sacha Baron Cohen. In the voice cast, I have to mention Alan Rickman as Absolem, the Butterfly.

The story is about a new challenge that Alice has to face: her friend, the Mad Hatter, is in need and, to help him, she literally has to fight against Time…

There are two main themes, the argues with family and time.

We see three different families: the Alice’s family, the Mad Hatter’s one and the Queens’ family.

In each of them, someone suffers because it is not accepted: Alice’s mother is worried about her daughter due to her adventurous (and dangerous) life so she tries to limit her as she doesn't care about her dreams.

The father of the Mad Hatter doesn't appreciate the attitude of his son, who is eccentric and bizarre, in one word, his opposite. He wishes he could follow the rules like a perfect gentleman and he shouts at him very soon.

Mirana and Iracebeth’s fights date back in their childhood and they don’t stop even in this new film. The Red Queen hates everyone, without exceptions, because people always mock her for her appearance, while the White Queen would like to make up with her sister.

It is a theme which connects even more the different characters, as if they are part of the same big family. Each of them can learn from the difficulties to build an even stronger bound.


Time is a topic which can be often found in films: travel through time, changing the past events, see the future.

Time has rules to follow: in X Men Days Of Future Past, they use one of these rules (if you change the past, the future will change) in their favour. In this film, there is another rule: you can’t see yourself in the past, which is an interesting trick to make the situation even harder than it actually is.

I like the character of Time for the fact that he is both good and evil, if one thinks about this, time itself seems good and evil: it is evil because it seems too short when one has fun, but it is also good because one can grow up and gain knowledge or go beyond a bad period.

There are also things that can be learnt thanks to time, as the value of the present and the usefulness of the past to think about how to act in the future. I really appreciate that the creators have decided to choose this character and the way they represented him, his nature both human and symbolical.

I like the fact that the story is totally original: I have to say that, after Alice In Wonderland, I didn't expect that a new film would have been released.

I didn't like some scenes, which seemed to me unnatural and unnecessary (especially in the beginning), but in the complex it is a very good film.

My vote is 7,5/10

My vote for the prequel (Alice In Wonderland) is 8,5/10

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See you soon

Yours, Silvia