Tim Burton desecrates an all-time classic with this soulless mass-market dumbed down rip-off.

Rating: 1/10 (30 July 2005)

Wooden acting, inane dialog, dull simplification, an ugly cloned Umpa-Lumpa, awful songs, and the use of boring sets instead of a lovely German village combine with a nastily freaky(as opposed to Wilder's Wonderfully Freaky) Willy Wonka, fake Grandpa Joe, stage-like Ma propel this thankfully rushed and short lifeless sham version toward it's dumb ending. This movie's only purpose was to line pocket-books with bloodstained silver pieces. I felt dirty leaving the theater. Shame on anyone involved in the making of this travesty. I really believe any film made in Hollywood costing over a certain amount will purposely lack intelligence and elegance and certainly charm. I am very disappointed and saddened.