Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's return to a classic film.

Rating: 10/10 (26 March 2008)

In my review of "Planet of the Apes" (2001), I wrote that the film was Tim Burton's worst film up to date along with it being the worst remake I have ever seen in theaters where I'm going to admit that I didn't enjoy it very much. However, when I saw the trailer for this remake of the Gene Wilder classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," I was amazed to see how amazing it looked before buying the film on DVD in which I got my treats after Halloween in 2005.
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", going by the same title as the famous book, is about a poor boy name Charlie (Freddie Highmore) living in a shack house with his parents (Helena Bonham Carter and Noah Taylor) and four grandparents where after his father loses his job because a machine replaced him at the toothpaste factory, they must do things to make ends meet while on in the rest of the world, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) has a contest where five tickets are hidden around the world in five separate Wonka bars. The first ticket goes to a fat boy name Augustus in Switzerland; two tickets hit the United States where a karate/bubble gum lover gal and a video game punk addict win the tickets while in England the last two tickets go to a spoil English girl and Charlie.
The five kids along with their adult guardian head to Wonka's factory where if you seen the original movie, there's no reason for me to continue with the summary.
Tim Burton's "Charlie" is a gift from the director where he gives more an elaborate on Willy Wonka than just showing him as a goofy man. The performances are outstanding with Freddie Highmore portraying Charlie as a reasonable child who wants nothing more than to be with his family along with Johnny Depp off the Jack Sparrow as Wonka where even though its strange to see Depp playing such a quirky guy, there's nothing stopping the actor. The rest of the great cast include David Kelly as Grandpa Joe, AnnaSophia Robb as Violet, and Deep Roy not playing one, but many of the oompa loompas in this film where he even got paid a million dollar bonus.
10/10