Tim Burton's Factory is just great!

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2005)

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory is outstanding! Is just perfectly produced and directed. Be warned that this movie is not like the "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory".It's a Burton's understanding of the book. Beginning from the name of the movie. But it's also fantastic. The stage setting has the class and style of Tim Burton, made in his Gothic and taciturn way. He works with scenes full of colors that even can bring you nausea and others scenes completely lack of color. The actors are also great. Johnny Depp is amazing as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore was spectacular as Charlie. Both are a great couple since "Finding Neverland". The other children are also great. But the great new in this movie are the Oompa - Loompas: Deep Roy was turned into hundreds of funny short mans. Fans of Tim Burton might think there are some evidences that remember other Burton's movies, like when Wonka cuts a rope to open the factory in the beginning of the movie with his scissor inside his sleeve (to mention "Edward Scissorhands") and when Mike TV gets stretched in a very uncommom way (mentioning Jack, from the "Nightmare Before Christmas"). If it's true or not, I don't know... but there are lots of funny details in this movie that will grab your attention for sure.