I'm not entirely sure why, but given the option, I would give this movie 4 1/2, not 5, stars, maybe because one performance seemed not quite right: Anne Hathaway's. I love Anne Hathaway, but her rendering of the White Queen (whether the result of her own or Tim Burton's ideas), was appropriately odd but somehow lacked the polish and naturalness that the other characters produced. That said, the movie itself, overall, was a delight, great fun; It worked: the plot is great, the dialogue is hilarious, the film is a visual pleasure, and the gags (visual, verbal, cultrual) nail it. To critics who are harder on this gem from our beloved Tim Burton, I say, "Off with their heads!"