Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tim Burton's take on Roald Dahl's classic kids book about eccentric candy tycoon Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), the boy from a poor family who finds a winning golden ticket in a Wonka chocolate bar. The ticket grants him access to Wonka's fantastical factory, along with his grandad and fellow winners - the greedy Veruca Salt, media-obsessed Mike Teevee, competitive Violet Beauregarde and gluttonous Augustus Gloop.
2005Rating: PG115 minsUSA, UK
ComedyKids & FamilyKids
- Director:
- Tim Burton ('Edward Scissorhands', 'Batman', 'Ed Wood', 'Beetlejuice')
- Writer:
- John August
- Cast:
- Johnny DeppFreddie HighmoreDavid KellyHelena Bonham CarterNoah TaylorMissi PyleJames FoxChristopher LeeAnnaSophia Robb
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Reviews
Time Out
It's nearly impossible to fathom the grand act of sabotage that Johnny Depp has committed upon the source material as its reclusive chocolatier.
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Roger Ebert
The kids, their adventures and the song and dance numbers are so entertaining that Depp's strange Willy Wonka is not fatal to the movie, although it's at right angles to it.
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Empire Magazine
Witty, wonderful and wildly imaginative, Burton's first proper 'family movie' since Pee-Wee's Big Adventure delivers a sugar rush that'll last for days.
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