Fun family movie.

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2005)

I'm not one for remakes, because lately remakes are just raunchy vulgar redos of what use to be good family shows (IE Dukes of Hazzard.) But I have to say Tim Burton was genius when it comes to Charley and the Chocolate factory.
not a huge fan of the original (It was before my time, so as a kid I didn't appreciate "older" films), so I wasn't looking forward to seeing this, but the twist in the story, the brilliant way Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka, the children in the movie, the visual... it all wrapped together in a perfect movie.
Depp was wonderful in the role. I don't know who else could have played Wonka the way he did. There were a few minor scenes that were disturbing... the squirrels beating the rich girl up as she left nail marks in the ground where they dragged her away, and the melting singing puppets were a bit disturbing. lol.
but other than that, the movie would definitely be a good family movie... for kids older than 6 because of the squirrel thing. I'm 28 and that freaked me out a bit. lol.
Great movie though. Best this year so far! I can't wait for the next Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration- "The corpse bride." There is magic when those two get together.