Dahl's greatest creation on the big screen

Rating: 5/10 (27 April 2012)

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp combine to bring the classic novel by Roald Dahl to the big screen and manage to capture all of the elements that make the original book so beloved even to this day.
Depp is the perfect Wonka and brings all the elements that people have had in their heads about the character onto the screen. He's creepy, he's funny but at all times he is believable and it is his persona that helps carry the film.
The film itself is visually stunning and the cast is great. It perhaps is a little long for a kids film but is certainly well worth watching if you are a fan of the original book or find the Gene Wilder version a little too twee.