Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Trailer

This the squeal of Alice in the Wonderland (2010). I thought it's another Tim Burton film, but it isn't. He is only the producer.

The premise is about Alice saving Mad Hatter by interfering time. Surprisingly, time is a person, and is played by Sacha Baron Cohen.

Alice steals Time's Chronosphere (By the way, there are two types of time: cairos and chronos. And chronos is earth time.) and escapes by time-travelling. However, messing up with time will lead to the destruction of the universe.

When I hear Time says, "imbecile!" I think of Poirot the detective because it is his mantra.

The movie touches several themes, namely meaning of life, sisterhood, and girl power.

In the end of the movie, Alice said, "I used to believe that time was a thief. I am stealing everything I love. But...now I understand that you give, always before removing. And every day is a gift. Every hour, every minute, every second...He used to say that the only thing worth doing..." Time replied, " It is what you do for others." Alice is sad that her father passed away, but she now experiences catharsis as she understands that it only matters how she lives her life.

The movie talks about sisterhood when Mirana reconciles with Iracebeth. And when Alice and her mother rejects the offer of trading their ship with Hamish, the antagonist, it shows that women can also live well without getting married. These themes are meaningful yet too on-the-nose.

The use of color and costume is brilliant in the movie. For example, when the color of Mad Hatter's hair fades away, it indicates that life is draining out of him.

Recommendation: recommended
Premise: good
Plot: good
Characters: good
Dialogue: average