I just caught this by chance on SyFy today. It was incredible. I'm shocked I'd never even heard of it. Surely not for every taste, but it kept me watching until the end.Alice In Wonderland was already a 'shroom trip of literature, but this was taken to another level. A great update to an already wigged-out tale. The British guy that played the Mad Hatter, Andrew Potts, really made this thing for me. He was excellent. Truly odd in every way. I know some people aren't up for such things, but one thing is for sure, you won't be bored.The only people I recognized in this were Colm Meaney and Kathy Bates, as the King and Queen of Hearts. Their parts were fairly small, but everyone in this thing seemed perfect for their roles. Bates was supremely evil. A great job by all involved here.

Nick Willing did do a version of Alice In Wonderland that was pretty decent. Then he decided to make a newer version. One that takes place a lot longer in the future. Plus the fact that Wonderland is very different. Imagine Wonderland not being so beautiful but more of an updated poor trashy industrial feel. All the characters are human; including the white rabbit and the caterpillar. Yes he does have a nice all star cast, but he also made the Cheshire Cat show up for a split second and added a serial killer with a porcelain rabbit head. Also did I mention that Alice knows karate. Anyways, it was an interesting take on the story, but the movie was just too boring at parts. Kathy Bates did make a great Red Queen and I really enjoyed Andrew Lee Potts as the Hatter. But everyone else was just up to par. Caterina Scorsone plays Alice and she was OK, but to me, she didn't really seem girly enough. The whole story of this film really seemed pretty interesting and I wanted it to work, but like I said, it was just too boring at parts.

i thought this was a blast. i didn't really get it. but i thought it was really cool and a lot of fun. it wasn't really the children's classic at all but something updated and modified for adults.that's just fine with me since i own on DVD so many versions of 'Alice' and many of them are very faithful that i don't think i could stomach another attempt at "faithful". and i liked the fact that this was for adults, the Tim Burton movie was original and did it's own thing, but it was still basically aimed at a 'kid' audience.the story was pretty weird and it's message, something about instant gratification, seemed to get lost in all the kooky goings on. the white rabbit/March hare was really scary and so were Tweedle Dumm and Tweedle Dee. Kathy Bates was also scary as the Queen and she was basically playing the same character she did in 'About Schmidt'. now that's scary.i'm sure this whole thing is going to leave me permanently confused for the rest of my days, and i'm sure the movie had a very good moral. that is if you happen to be an oyster. beware the scary rabbit.

I didn't think much of it when I hit record for Syfi's Alice, about a week later, I was scanning my DVR and found it; I clicked Play without a second thought. The main character and the commercials didn't appeal much to me and when it started I forgot what it was that I was watching. Jack and Alice were on the average side and my eyes were closing, then, Hatter came onto the scene. With his fake buck teeth and his funky hairdo, his design was a work of great creativity! His costume seemed to fit the character perfectly. And Andrew Lee Potts was love. I fell head over heels for Hatter, and every scene my eyes were drawn to this comically witty British man. He was funny, sexy and breathtaking. Alice was fun to think about, some parts you wouldn't even notice until re-watching it, or rewinding; when Tweedledee and Tweedledum were interviewing Alice I didn't even realize who they were until my mother pointed it out. This miniseries was spectacular! It left me on the edge of my seat, begging for more! I ended the show in tears, with a pleased smile upon my face.