Excellent picture!

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2005)

(See it in IMAX if you get the chance) Perhaps the only remake I've ever seen that exceeds the original. Partly because technology has improved, partly because it's truer to the original novel and mostly because Johnny Depp can out-act Gene Wilder. Also, play 'I-know-that-person-from-that-movie' as you watch it, because Tim Burton apparently has a cast of regulars he likes working with, but their collective work includes 'Because of Winn Dixie', 'Big Fish', 'Finding Neverland' and even 'Flash Gordon'. The colors are fantastic, the story is down-right funny (even to adults) and everyone will enjoy this picture, young and old!