Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter?

Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter? is a computer-animated Direct-to-Video film produced by BKN International and BKN New Media released in 2007. It is an installment of the BKN Classic Series of CGI-animated movies.

About
Lewis Carroll's quirkily imaginative tale of Alice, the little girl who falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself in Wonderland, is brought to life in a brand new animated version of this much-loved story.

When Alice follows the white rabbit down a rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange land filled with the most unusual characters?! Whether she's joining a tea party given by the mischievous Mad Hatter, getting advice from the very curious Cheshire Cat, being shrunk very small or growing bigger and bigger, Alice is set for the most exciting adventure of her life!

With it's unforgettable characters and original new songs, Alice in Wonderland - What's the Matter with Hatter? is magical fun for children of all ages.

What's the Matter With the Movie?

 * 1) Compared to most adaptations of Alice in Wonderland, the story in this movie is very simplified, modernized, and dumbed down to the point it is rarely faithful to the book at all.
 * 2) The CGI animation with cel-shading is downright terrible, especially with the ugly-looking character designs which barely look like anything from the book or the Disney movie, to the point where it somewhat looks a bit like something out of a film from Vídeo Brinquedo.
 * 3) * The Mad Hatter is one example, as he looks like a young boy who is a similar age to Alice and doesn't get mad at her in the entire movie.
 * 4) * The Chesire Cat also has an incredibly creepy and nightmare-inducing grin whenever he appears, especially when he makes himself disappear.
 * 5) The characters themselves are as bland and flat as cardboard and there is barely anything that is interesting or likable about them.
 * 6) A lot of the scenes (including the two songs featured) make no progress in the storyline at all and are simply used as filler or to drag on, even though the film itself is very short.
 * 7) The subtitle to the movie: "What's the Matter with Hatter?" makes no sense at all (it sounds like a lame rhyme or pun) and can believe many that it is a sequel or spin-off when it's actually just an adaptation.
 * 8) The voice acting is unusually weird. Despite the fact the book is British and the voice actors are as well, they mostly give very fake American accents which range from lifeless (Alice) to annoying (Chesire Cat).

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The background music is decent.
 * 2) It's nice seeing some of the characters portrayed as Animals, a shame that they are all lifeless or boring in characteristics.