An underwhelming sequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 take on Lewis Carroll’s trippy children’s story, Alice In Wonderland, hurtles the headstrong heroine(Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, reprising her role) back into the fantastical realm of Underland(why, for heaven’s sake, change the name?).
Having returned from sailing the pirate-infested high seas, Alice right away embarks on a new mission. She must now win a race against the Lord of Time(Sacha Baron Cohen, suitably wacky as the part-human, part-clock character) in order to help Mad Hatter(Depp, much too mannered) reunite with his estranged family.Curiously lacking a sense of the ‘uncommon nonsense’ and freakish fun of the source novel, Alice Through The Looking Glass falls short of its potential.