Charlie and the chocolate factory

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2011)

Roald Dahl's timeless piece ran through Tim Burtons hands...yes, I'll take it.
Starting from the beginning, the filming is scrumptious and interesting. For a candy-lover like me, this movie is very fun watching, from the candy-point of view. What made the film cool, has maybe to do with the original settings which Dahl has described in the book, about the chocolate room and the Oompa loompas. Your imagination comes to life on screen.
The actors all do a fairly good job, though some personalities differing a bit from the original book. But I consider the film an interpretation of the book, not an exact narrative. Johnny Depp creates his Willy Wonka maybe a bit more emotional and absent-minded than expected, but do to the little side plot about Wonkas childhood put in alongside the main story line, it's well understood.
The little Charlie is innocent and obliging as ever, and his family is likable as well. As for the other children, it was fun watching them being liquidated one by one, only to see them in the end as changed children (if not mentally, then physically).
Well recommended for the whole family.