not for under 10 years old

Rating: 2/10 (14 July 2005)

I am so glad that we did not take the children to see this film. The opening scene of the children going to the factory for the prize of seeing the factory was a little unsettling. The children with the adult walked into the factory to meet Mr. Wonka. The puppets started to sing and move around after a while they moved around the puppets burst into flames then the puppet's eyeball melted out of its head. That was the beginning of 1 out of 6 very weird things not for the under 10 crowd. Mr Wonka seemed to have at first emotional problems relating to family that worked out later but did not need to be addressed in a child's film. Every time that he tried to say the word Father or family he acted like he was going to throw up. My younger children who love the other film would not be able to understand this adult concept nor should they have a reason to.