Entertaining, and holds itself together. Don't expect Disney's classic (although Burton genuflects at the Disney shrine during the last 1/3 of the movie) , and don't expect the sharp satire of Lewis Carroll. Unlike many other Tim Burton movies, it accomplishes what it wants to do. Slightly overboard on the scene-setting with too many dark thorny leaf-bare forests, the ending was a bit treacly, and the Red Queen's castle looks like Disney World. Excellent effects.