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Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

Anything can happen and nothing makes sense and reality is a word as plain as it is pointless

That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

Everything about the film is ill-judged, miscast and intellectually anorexic.

Nwachukwu...is a stand-out talent, and brings a real delicacy to this role.

Altman's great triumph is in galvanising the energies of exceptional actors into a living, breathing entity.

Benedict Cumberbatch lends this cruel, ancient dragon all the gravitas and otherworldliness that Sean Connery utterly failed to in Dragonheart.

Schizophrenic in its approach and vicious in its intent.

Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

McKean's vision has a truly dreamlike quality.

What really makes the film is the delightful stop-motion animation by Laika studios, which adds a great deal to characters and action sequences alike.

The look of the film has been influenced by the contents of a dressing up trunk and the style lacks Coward's lightness of touch.

Released for the Christmas audience, this film does have a touch of the pantomime about it.

The film will appeal perfectly to its age group. There is nothing too violent and nothing too serious.

A family movie of considerable appeal.

The inventiveness sweetens up his message so that it is likely to hold the interest of teenagers as well as adults, giving it the potential to be a great educational tool.

The moral of the tale is that everyone has a talent, however improbable. This is lost, alas, amongst the debris of failed farce.

David Yates (director) and Joe Fisher (writer) are rookies in the movie biz. They conduct themselves admirably.

A very effective piece of low budget storytelling.

Imagine the worst children's TV programme you've ever seen. Now remove any residual plot, replace the professional crew with children and halve the effects budget.

In making V a symbol of vengeance, valiance and victory, V For Vendetta does for a letter of the alphabet what Kill Bill did for the colour yellow.

The dismal decline in the quality of British films continues apace.