Don't watch it.

Rating: 2/10 (23 July 2009)

It's not good.
I've seen most of Tim Burton's movies and I think I'm up at 22 of Johnny Depp's. But I don't think I've ever been so disappointed in a movie before. The book (and the sequel, for that matter) are among some of my favorite children's books, and I couldn't wait to see the film adaptation, which I then, afterward, wished I hadn't.
It seems like a poor excuse on Burton's behalf to make yet another Depp movie where he plays a freak, to be frank. Johnny Depp's Wonka was everything Dahl's Wonka *wasn't*, and the movie focuses more on this character than the Buckets. Wonka was initially just a supporting character, in my opinion.
But it drags itself up to two stars for the cinematography or art direction or whatever made the movie beautiful to look at. But muting it while watching wouldn't hurt, it might even save you for the ruining of an old classic.