Wow, what weird fun!

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2005)

I had the pleasure of taking two of my three children. My seventeen year old daughter loved it, however, my nine year old son didn't care for it. She is a HUGE Depp fan and thought he did an excellent job. I thought the special effects were unique and this movie was much more in line with the book. What I thought was interesting was that Dahl wrote the screenplay for the first movie - to me it was as though, he was trying to appeal to children on their level. Whereas, Burton told the story using flashbacks - for Wonka and this seemed to line up with the theory of psychoanalysis and film.
I would highly recommend this movie to students who have previously read the book. It holds true to that medium and trying to compare it to the previous movie is like trying to compare a bicycle to an automobile.