Don't everybody rush to it at once!

Rating: 4/10 (13 January 2006)

Tim Burton has outdone himself. And not in a good way. I mean that he has hereby exceeded all of the other not-so-good movies he has made. Stupid, childish and by far the inferior of the original, Depp fails to do justice to this wonderful role of Willy Wonka. He is more like Michael Jackson than Willy Wonka to be honest. Only the minor role of the legendary Christopher Lee saved it for me. Although more faithful to the book than its predecessor, they needn't have bothered. Few good performances all round. If any. I do not recommend this movie to anybody. The only reason I award this movie 4 stars (3 higher than it should be), is because I have to concede that yes this is a children's film, and yes, children would like it, but really, from all the adults that I have heard wonderful things about this movie from, I think they should know better. Not a must-see. Definitely not a must-see.