Wow! A decent Tim Burton movie

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2006)

Normally I liken watching a Tim Burton movie to going to the dentist, but for the first time since "Batman" i was pleasantly surprised.
The original is legendary, so it was always going to tough work for Burton , but he did a solid job. The movie isn't an exact remake and is quite different in many regards, and surprisingly often for the better. There's a solid cast who all do a solid job. Many dedicated fans of the original were horrified when they heard Johnny Depp was playing the main role of Willy Wonka, but I feel he did a good job. It was quite a different Wonka than in the original, wisely, and Depp did a good job.
I wasn't a huge fan of the second half of the original as the story really wanes, and not much was done to rectify this in this remake. This is one of the few flaws of this movie. Otherwise a decent family for the whole family.