magical hilarious brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 2005)

this is one of those rare movies that captures so many elements and spits them back at you in a fun creative way. it started out a little slow for me, but the plot had to develop this way and as soon as depp enters the picture, it gets better and better and never looks back. i knew this movie would be great because of the trio (depp-actor, burton-director, elfman-musical composer). another movie this 'trio' created was edward scissorhands (which is a great movie if you haven't seen it). there are defiantly a lot of eye candys and beautiful shots as is typical in burton films. you have to convince yourself that this is indeed johnny depp as it doesn't look nor sound like him. every time mr. wonka (depp) spoke i found myself laughing. i kept leaning over to my friends and family that i went to see it with and saying 'this is great' or 'this is the best movie ever'. that may be a little bit of an exaggeration, but it defiantly is a great film. kids will love this movie and so will adults as there are subtle things that occur in the film that grown ups will enjoy. this is a movie for everybody, any age, any background, anything. i will be defiantly buying this one when it comes out on DVD.
overall 'charlie and the chocolate factory' is a fun, exciting, hilarious, heartfelt movie that all generations will enjoy. go see it now. NOW!
mumbler.