Good for kids ONLY

Rating: 3/10 (18 July 2005)

I was so excited to see this! I love the fun of the original and I like Johnny Depp a lot too. I thought Tim Burton would add more fantasy and whimsy to this already capricious tale. Unfortunately it was a huge disappointment. Mostly it just dragged and dragged along. There were rare moments of amusement, but more moments of "uggh, this is stupid!" The only reason I'm not giving it fewer points is that there were some cool-looking scenes. Willy Wonka was portrayed as creepy-in-the-Michael Jackson-sort-of-way. He wasn't a pedophile or anything (in fact he seemed to hate kids), but he still made you feel squeamy in the same kind of way. If you don't believe me and still want to see it, please take a kid with you. Do not, by any means, make another adult such as your boyfriend (so sorry, Jay!) sit through this crappy movie with you. It's extremely juvenile. It's not even worth waiting for the DVD. I wish I could have gotten my money back. It was awful.