Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Review

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate factory was an excellent feel good film. It gave great insight into the master chocaltier and explained a lot of un-answered questions left from the original Gene Wilder flick. Johnny Depp portrayed Willy Wonka expertly and i feel it was a great role for him, he and Tim Burton are one of the best actor/director duos of the 21st Century. Freddie Highmore gave Charlie Bucket a realistic feel and gave him a more developed character. The ending was the most climatic where Charlie was torn between the factory and his family, but it also helped to develop Depp's character further because he finally realized that a family is everything to a little boy, just because he didn't have a good childhood it didn't mean that he had to frown upon others. Christopher Lee portrayed his father excellently, giving the character a cold hard repressive state. He loved his son but he just didn't know how to express that love, until the end. The final scene being the most heart warming. It was a great movie and it is one when it comes to DVD in Australia i will buy and watch over and over again, Tim Burton is an excellent director.