Typical High Quality Burton/Depp Movie

Rating: 5/10 (1 September 2005)

I was a nipper at the time the original Wonka movie came out. I loved that film when I saw it and I think it's worked out well because I suspect some parts of the new movie may be a little dark for the real youngsters.
This is typical Burton/Depp and very much in the mould of Edward Scissorhands. In many ways Wonka shares the same desire for acceptance that Scissorhands did.
For anyone that doesn't know the story, 5 golden tickets are placed at random in chocolate bars with the winners receiving the trip of the lifetime around the chocolate factory. Four of the winners are rather unsavoury characters, but Charlie is the perfect child.
With all the usual visual dazzle of a Burton movie and a typically quirky Depp performance it's very entertaining.