According to the ever-sensible Ken Turan of the Los Angeles Times, middling.
According to the ever-brilliant David Edelstain of New York, delightfully garish.
According to Metacritic, the critical consensus comes in at 55 on a scale of 100, mixed or average.
This puzzles your truly. Tim Burton's movies aren't always great, but they're never "average." Who else could even make a movie called Corpse Bride? And be successful with same? The reaction may be mathematical, yet it still bewilders.
But as long as Tim Burton is allowed to continue making big movies, with all the visual and creative resources given to a man in his position, yours truly will not complain. No one else in the business is a true artist -- a man who can draw and paint and so much more -- as is Burton.
No matter. Truth is, what will happen with this movie, even if is being released by family-friendly Disney, was probably best described by a texter from the addictive site, Texts from Last Night:
im pretty sure every drug dealer is going to be able to retire the day after alice in wonderland comes out
