not too grand

Rating: 3/10 (24 August 2006)

It was just not a good movie. It looked promising at the beginning, but the script was terrible and the plot was just stupid and contrived. Johnny Depp is a genius, don't get me wrong, but the movie just wasn't good. The Oompa Loompas' songs were absolutely terrible and they made me sick to the stomach. The Oompa Loompas were definitely the worst part. That and the horrible pretense of back story. The "daddy was a dentist" part was just silly and really really artificial. Speaking of artificial, the face of the German boy at the beginning looked like he was animated by Disney in the 1960's. Overall, it was just a creepy and unsettling failure, saved only by Johnny Depp. Did I mention how terrible and awful the Oompa Loompas were?