Wonderful, Colorful, Beautiful CHARLIE!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2005)

All I can say is I LOVED THIS MOVIE! So true to the original book, but completely its own interpretation! I really think Johnny Depp did a terrific job making Willy Wonka his own character and Freddie Highmore is such a beautiful child, that you cannot help but root for Charlie from the beginning. The factory, the glass elevator, and the pink candy boat were exactly as my mind's eye saw them...almost 27 years ago when I first fell in love with the book.
This was a great feat, and thank you Tim Burton for making such a wonderful, wonder-filled film. The sets, the casting, the timing...impeccable, and to have the original lyrics of the oompah-loompah songs from the book was a great joy. I will never look at Willy Wonka without thinking of this wonderful experience, and it is the genius behind this film that made it so special. God bless you, Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Danny Elfman and Tim Burton...you have made the little girl inside this 36 year old woman very happy indeed.