Proof that you can"t re-invent the wheel

Rating: 1/10 (24 May 2006)

I bought this movie for my kids for $19.95 and when I took it back all the video store would pay me for it was $1.50, and I wasn't too surprised. This movie was just straight up stale. Johnny Depp was a disaster, trying to re-invent the legendary magician as a Michael Jackson looking - Rosie O'donell baby talk speaking character that does not work. The original, played by Gene Wilder was hilarious. I expected to get some comic relief out of the new remake of the children's classic. Sadly, this remake will stiff you, without a laugh and leave you wondering what the makers of this poor synopsis were even thinking. Computer graphics do not a classic make. Sorry Charlie, you can't make a Wonka factory out of Neverland Ranch.