Charlie and Chocolate Factory

Rating: 8/10 (21 August 2005)

We took our 6 year old son to see this movie. It is a magical tale about 5 lucky winners of a golden ticket. Charlie Bucket is one of the lucky winners. Charlie finds his ticket and struggles briefly with a decision to keep it or sell it, and is given some beautiful words of wisdom from someone he loves. At first I felt some of the images might be a bit disturbing for my son, but he loved the movie and wants to go again. Depp is superb as Willy Wonka, and reveals just enough mystery about his own past to keep you on the edge of your seat as he mesmerizes the ticket winners (and the children in the audience)with the wonders of the factory. I left the theatre with a smile -- wondering who really won the grand prize ...