Best film of 2005!!!

Rating: 10/10 (17 July 2005)

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have made a magnificent film - I'm not a huge Tim Burton fan, but love JD and all the movies he has made!!! He is a snarky, baby faced manchild whose face was (I've read was modeled on Anna Wintour the Editor of Vogue and a real witch herself). He sounds like Michael Jackson meets the Church Lady with off-the-wall references to the 60s and 70s that will amuse parents and grandparents, but the best part is the kids - who are nasty, unlikeable, spoiled brats taken from Roald Dahl's book and brought up to date (never having read the book, I'm assuming some of the references are more 21st Century), and how he puts them down without being at all likable himself - making the movie even more sardonic and edgy. Freddie Highmore is a delight as he was in Neverland, but JD deserves an AC nom for his turn in this immensely savagely enjoyable black comedy. GO SEE IT - no matter your age - if you like pithy humor and political incorrectness you'll love this movie!! Kids will enjoy the messages and the fantastically imaginative OompaLoompa Land and the songs about these bratty kids who literally get their "just desserts".