Alice Through the Looking Glass, a curious sequel

Alice Through the Looking Glass, like its predecessor, owes very little to Lewis Carroll.

Textual adherence is somewhat beside the point when serving as a sequel to something that's also cherry picked. But, lest you think that a six-year gap and the absence of Tim Burton in the director's chair might have allowed for a return to the gleeful absurdity of Carroll, it doesn't.

Screenwriter Linda Woolverton has again disposed of the source material in favor of something more linear - a story about Alice (Mia Wasikowska) looking for Hatter's (Johnny Depp) family.