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Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imagin... read more
Directed by: Tim Burton
Release Date: July 15, 2005
Keywords:
family,
kids,
funny,
weird,
children's,
old,
different,
same,
1971,
tim burton,
johnny depp,
gene wilder,
willy wonka,
Tim Burton ,
Johnny Depp ,
Gene Wilder ,
Willy Wonka
DVD Release Date: November 7, 2005
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February 18, 2012Good re-make of the movie about children who win golden tickets to visit the chocolate factory. The special effects are great and Johnny puts on an excellent performance. I love the chocolate river.
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January 25, 2012I'm not very surprised that only 52% of the "people" enjoyed this movie. This movie is good, it was good to me at least. I don't know if you'll like it, but I thought it was a very good and inspiring movie.
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December 19, 2011The film deserves praise for being closer and more faithful to the classic children's novel. But it's too dark for it's own good considering the audience its aiming at and it's just plain creepy and this ruins its chance at being something magical.
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October 25, 2011I've admitted that "Willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is one of my top 20 favorite films, so when I heard they were going to remake it, I got a bit skeptic, but I still saw it anyway, and overall, it was okay, its nowhere near classic, and Tim Burton has made much better fil... read more
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October 3, 2011The sweetest part about CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is the acting. Johnny Depp delivers a very, very quirky performance as Willy Wonka--which is good, because this was how Roald Dahl original wrote it in his classic children's novel, so overall, Johnny Depp is without a do... read more
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October 2, 2011fb729949618Tim Burton always takes risks and he took another one here, to challenge the classic first Willy Wonka film. He tackled it and did a very good job in my opinion, he kept it original but added his own twist and flavor to it.
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August 1, 2011Willy Wonka: Don't lose your heads. Don't get overexcited. Just keep very calm.
There is a lot of hate for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and really for no reason, except that to quote every adult over the age of 35. "It is nowhere near the original. This should never have be... read more -
June 23, 201110/10 mainly for the fact that Johnny Depp is an excellent Willy Wonka. Much, much better than the original.
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April 24, 2011Quite frankly, people can hat Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all they want; I still love it and think it's practically flawless. Not only is this much more of an accurate adaption of the book, but it's just visually amazing. The fact that it's so childlike and eer... read more
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March 29, 2011I like this remake movie, more funny as such as Johnny Depp's character. Director Tim Burton expertly juggles mild scares and laughs, as with the factory workers, the Oompa Loompas. The much-criticised addition of a back-story involving Christopher Lee as Wonka Snr actually works... read more
Critic Reviews
May 12, 2006
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine
July 28, 2005
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
I wonder if even children will respond to the peculiarly humorless and charmless stylistic eccentricities of Mr. Burton and his star, Johnny Depp. Full Review
July 18, 2005
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
You can't help feeling that a fantasist as accomplished as Burton can manage this kind of project with his eyes shut. The trouble is that, from film to film, his dreams are starting to look the same.
July 15, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
In its best sections, it's magically deranged in a way no other filmmaker could even come close to pulling off. Full Review
July 15, 2005
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Throughout his fey, simpering performance, Depp seems to be straining so hard for weirdness that the entire enterprise begins to feel like those excruciating occasions when your parents tried to be hip. Full Review
July 15, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The summer's most visually arresting escapist adventure. Full Review
July 15, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Tim Burton does his best work in years. Full Review
July 15, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
A glorious pageant of wit and whimsy, and a new milestone in childhood moviegoing. Full Review
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