Highly amusing!

Rating: 10/10 (5 September 2005)

Last Sunday I watched "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and I found it really worth seeing. It has all chances of becoming Tim Burton's next blockbuster! It completely attracted my children's (7 and 9) attention! Having been famous for his previous films, especially the "Batman", Burton chooses the well known novel of Roald Dahl to make the plot of his newest performance. Charlie, a smart, well-behaving ten-year old boy, lives in a small, more then a humble house at the suburb. His parents can afford him just one chocolate a year, as a birthday present. In the neighborhood there is a chocolate factory owned by Willy Wonka, who makes the best candies in the world. By chance Charlie finds a banknote in the street and buys himself a chocolate. As expected, he shares it with his grandparents and parents. The most exciting event comes when he finds a golden ticket (one of the five in the world) in the chocolate which enables him to visit the chocolate factory and eventually gain the special price. Wonka is played by Johnny Depp, whose interpretation of an odd, strictly raised dentist's son is hugely impressive. He successfully fights with some consequences of psychical injuries dating back to his childhood and joins his new family in the end. Although apparently superficial, the film is profoundly moving, especially when dealing with family relations. At first the Chocolate factory might be considered a film for children due to the tiny dwarfs working at the factory, and fairy tale appearance scenery, but in my opinion, it must be highly amusing to anyone who likes stories in which the good win and the bad lose. So, let's go and see it again!