Burton an Depp takes it too far as usual

Rating: 5/10 (19 April 2019)

Certainly this remake outdoes the original, and is somewhat more faithful to the great novel. But there's some serious flaws that prevents this from being a definitive version: The use of incessant and bizarre flashbacks is confusing and mostly lost on children.
Also, Depp's constant arrogance, sneering rudeness, and plain sillyness destroys the aloof authority he should have, and is absolutely not the way Willy Wonka carries himself in Roald dahl's book.
To me, all this ruins the warmth, the anticipative mystery, and the tingling magic you experience reading, or being read to, the book.
But all in all, a nice try! With lots of fun and Oompa loompa singing and dancing. But miles from what it should have been!