Burton has done it again

Rating: 9/10 (4 September 2005)

Well, again Tim Burton has proved what a wonderful imagination he has, with his remake of the Roald Dahl classic; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The movie has everything, a great story, wonderful dialogue, and most importantly, great characters! On some factors, it differs in ways from the book, but Tim Burton definitely knows what audiences want, and these added in subplots are amazing, with the extra depth they bring to the film.
Freddie Highmore does an incredible job of portraying the young Charlie Bucket, immediately pulling strings with the audience, adults and children alike. Johnny Depp, as always, is magnificent in his role as the eccentric Willy Wonka. His character development throughout the film provides the audience with a character not so much whom they can relate to, but rather, one who they cannot bear to wait for the next piece of his dialogue. Everything that comes out of Depp's mouth in the film has been written to entrance and entertain, without any over-the-top rude or shocking remarks, a great challenge in todays world of 'shock comedy' as I once heard it referred to. The film's other characters are equally well written, and serve their purpose well, that is, to be disliked by the audience through the entire length of the movie. The Oompa Loompas deserve a critique of their own. The actors amazing ability to be funny and solemn at the same time is great! And the songs, well, as with everything else in the movie, they have been well written. The only criticism of this movie that i have is the ending, Burton did not follow Dahl's original idea for the movie, and instead finishes it, whereas, i believe this movie would have had great interest in a potential sequel, with Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. It is possible for anyone, any age to see this movie and enjoy it, and if you cant smile at least once, all i can say is where is your sense of humour?