This movie is not for young children, even though it has a PG rating

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2005)

(Synopsis) Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) has built the greatest and largest chocolate factory in the world. After some of his workers steal his secret recipes, Willy Wonka kicks his workers out and closes the doors. For 15 years, no one has seen any workers entering or leaving the factory, yet his chocolate candy is still being produced and shipped around the world. One day when Willy Wonka is getting his hair cut, he realizes that he is getting old, and he needs a successor. He comes up with a plan to open his factory and reveal his secrets to five lucky children, who find golden tickets inside Wonka chocolate bars. The golden tickets are sent around the world and soon 4 winners are announced. There is one ticket left, and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) finds the last ticket. Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) is going to accompany Charlie inside the factory where he once worked before it was closed. The five children with their parents and Grandpa Joe enter the factory and begin a tour of a lifetime. The factory is not like your standard factory, but a living factory with a chocolate waterfall and a river of chocolate that you can ride a boat down. The trees and grass are edible, and trained squirrels shell nuts for the chocolate bars. All the work is now being done by the Oompa-Loompas tribe, who work for cocoa beans. Four of the rotten children get to interact with some of Willy Wonka's fantastic inventions with unfortunate consequences which force them off the tour before it is completed. Charlie is the last child left, and Willy Wonka awards Charlie the greatest prize of all, the keys to the factory.
(Comment) The film is not like the 1971 original with Gene Wilder as a gentle and nice person, but it follows the book where Willy Wonka is an eccentric and crazy person. Johnny Depp pulls out all the stops and sometimes goes overboard by being a little too freaky and creepy. By the end of the movie, we discover the reason for his being so strange. I didn't like the Hollywood and Rock and Roll musical numbers, performed by the Oompa-Loompas in this movie even though I liked their performance in the original. This movie has some dark and bizarre moments and is definitely not for young children, even though it has a PG rating. (Warner Brothers Pictures, Run time 1:55, Rated PG)(7/10)