Varirey had problems with Alice, too - but nothing like that review. Wow - that review is a complete slam - Variety simply said that in parts Alice is too conventional. Though they seemed to blame that on the fact that "it's a Disney film illustrated by Burton, rather than a Burton film that happens to be released by Disney." And they liked Depp.
Despite how he regales the reader with how much he's loved much of Burton's previous work, it's almost as if the reviewer from HitFix went into the film with the preconceived belief that he was going to hate it. And, sadly, some reviewers do indeed do that...