Imagine seeing this on drugs...

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2005)

Living where I do, we get all films a month or two after it comes out. This was worth the wait. If this don't get Burton and Depp an Oscar nothing will. If Christopher Lee were to die tomorrow, he would be remembered as a brilliant actor, simply from this performance. Nowadays, if I so much as look at a lollipop, all I can hear is 'cavities on sticks!' The technicolour sets mean that for several days after, everything is in several shades of grey until you get used to the lack of colour in the world. This one puts Gene Wilder and those orange and green Oompa-Loompas to shame, especially when you consider that was Deep Roy all on his lonesome. Definitely go and see it, it's way better on the big screen than it will be on the telly with commercial breaks.
Bon appétit.