Sweet stuff

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2006)

Tim Burton has taken something that was good, and made it brilliant. This movie is touching, funny and dark in all the right places.
Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka as an excitable eccentric adorned with a superbly styled bob cut which made him every bit more weird. The children were all as horrid as ever (Charlie being the exception of course) and the parents of the brats were played extremely well as pushy, eager people who each want their "lovely" child to win the lifetime supply of chocolate. Deep Roy created a fresh new face for the oompa loompas and was delightful. The new oompa loompa songs are fantastic and I found myself bopping along to all of them, particularly Violet Beauregarde's song.
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is branded with Tim Burton's Gothic/fantasy world feel as are most of his films. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and it's beautiful colours, sets, music and wonderful actors. I would strongly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a slightly dark comedy that still has it's share of laugh out loud moments.