Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2005)

Anyone not thinking this is purely mad. I have heard many comments such as "well its nothing like the old one!". It's not meant to be. Tim Burton has brought the real Charlie an the Chocolate Factory to life and has done an outstanding job of it. I really loved every minute of it. Jonny Depp in the role of Willy Wonker is pure genius. He's funny charismatic, rather creepy and full of mystery which is exactly how i feel Ronald Dahl wrote this character. The children all added their own mark on each character and Julia Winter i feel brings the easiest character to copy into her own right. I would suggest watch it before you take your own children as you'll definitely want to see it again and some scenes may scare younger children.