Weird

Rating: 2/10 (31 December 2005)

The original Gene Wilder film is superb and original. A classic of its time, we have a saying in England "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Johnny Depp who is a brilliant actor gave me the creeps in this new version, I did not feel comfortable with my young children watching such a weird character. The props and sets are better than the original, but so they should be. Gene Wilder in the original film came across as an eccentric recluse, which was fine. This Tim Burton version went back into Willy Wonkers childhood, which I found confirmed the weirdness of the Willy Wonker/Johnny Depp part. The magic and charm of the original film, its script and story line should have been left along with the now carbon copied Oopa Loompa's.