Burton and Depp are brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2005)

If you have been a Burton and Depp fan since Edward Scissorhands, you will find their interpretation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to be a tasty treat. The sets, the costumes, Depp's performance as the phobic Wonka, go beyond eye candy. A real feast! And Elfman's soundtrack manages to extract some of the most embarrassing tunes from the 1960s (ones that we wished would have remained buried in the deepest recesses of our memories) to add an equally memorable and entertaining audio experience. Freddie Highmore once again delivers a performance that makes us wish he will never grow up, as all young actors do. So grab your Wonka bars and golden tickets and head out to the theater. This is one movie you really should see on the big screen.