At last - a Willy Wonka that's faithful to the book!

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2005)

I was never fond of the "cutsey" version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - this is so much like the book it is creepy! (and meant to be) So many movies out now don't require any thinking - this actually made you look for all of the "inside" jokes - and the characters were so much better. The only part I really didn't like was the explanation of why Willy Wonka was so weird - let him just be weird without explaining it....that's the whole point. Reviewers who compare this to some kind of Michael Jackson idea have obviously never read the original book. Now if someone would un-sugar-coat Mary Poppins - that would also be worth seeing.