Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

You can eat the grass?

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is based on the Roald Dahl novel of the same name. Dahl wrote many so called children's books but the stories were full of society critic. Tim Burton has followed Dahl very accurately and he has saved the critical voice of Dahl. With a lot of black humor and jokes makes the movie more than enjoyable experience.

Johnny Depp lights up every single movie he has been in, and Tim Burton always has a way of giving you a 'dark fairytale' vibe, which means it's the perfect combo...as we've have seen before in classics like Edward Scissorhands.

The inside of the factory is perfectly magical, and because of this, the movie had its final touch of greatness. Awesome musical score from Danny Elfman adds to this work perfection.

Wonderful direction, brilliant cast, make Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a tour through the factory that you cannot miss. It doesn't take a golden ticket to go see this film, so I recommend seeing it to anyone who hasn't already.

Wonderful!

I loved the first film and to the delight of my parents watched it several times a week. So, of course, I was a bit apprehensive of seeing a re-make even if it did have Johnny Depp in it!

I didn't expect anything and went with an open mind. To my delight I was absolutely blown away as was my husband.

It was colourful, camp, dark and very impressive. The sets were beautiful. The Oompa Loompa(s) were fab and the best song was just after Violet had eaten the chewing gum, it was hilarious. Johnny Depp was perfect for the slightly weird but wonderful Willy Wonka.

It was more like the book this time unlike the first which was obviously more of a happy, musical type film. I think it definitely worked well and would recommend anyone to watch this wonderful film.

Simply Scrumptious

Burton and Dahl are one of those natural matches which are destined to work - as he's proven before. It's not simply unfair to compare this to the Gene Wilder film, it's pointless, since it's making no attempt to be like it. Criticism of this film I think has largely been by those who've seen the other film but not read the book. Had there been no previous filming of it, this would have been immediately proclaimed as the masterpiece that it is. So for those of us who love the sharpness of Dahl's book but are less keen on Wilder's manic Wonka, this is a dream come true.

As you'd expect from Burton, it's visually stunning and Willy and Charlie both have the look of the original line drawings from the book. The songs use Dahl's own lyrics - albeit in a marvelous variety of genres - and the script is great. Best of all, where the gentle moments might lean towards schmaltz, Burton's sinister touch keeps the saccharine at bay.

Depp is a wonderful, paranoid, androgynous recluse - part Howard Hughes, part Edward scissorhands - and he's delightfully unpleasant to the vile, vile children.

In short, this film is just like chocolate should be - bittersweet and dark, no artificial sweeteners and beautifully presented.

Great production, don't hesitate to go!

I took my three children aged 6 to 11. The youngest (and the majority of the kids in the cinema judging by the laughter) loved the oompa-loompa sequences. The eldest giggled all the way through at Johnny Depp's boyish mannerisms, his performance is outstanding. The plot was a lot closer to the original book than the previous film, which I am very fond of. However the production, and in particular the music are far superior. I'm not sure if adults would go and see this without children, but I think there is a lot here to entertain them if they do. We agreed unanimously that this was the best film we've seen for ages and that we want to go back for a second viewing ASAP.

Surreal Candyfloss

Tim Burton's surrealism is very much evident here but given the subject of Roald Dahl wonderful story the choice of Tim Burton as director is excellent. A film of two halves - the fist half of screen time is devoted to Charlie dreaming of winning a golden ticket and it is heartwarming to watch - almost perfect for family viewing. Hope triumphs over poverty. Charlie (Freddie Highmore) is so sweet and innocent it’s enough to give you a toothache. The second, and more interesting, half is the tour with Willy Wonker and his factory. Jonny Depp and Deep Roy as the Oompa Loompas are superbly cast as are the rest of the winning children and their parents. Depp brings a new and more sinister dimension to the character that was lacking in Gene Wilder's interpretation. There are less one liners and quick witticisms as the humour in this version is drier and more adult in nature. A lot of the jokes would simply be lost on the kids (such as the homage to 2001 Space Odyssey). The sets and special effects is quite simply faultless with the best animatronics (the squirrels) seen since Babe. The fault lies to some extent with Burton's desire to add a backstory about Willy Wonker and his parental problems with his dad played by Chris Lee. The film seems to come to a natural conclusion but an extra 15 mins is tagged on at the end to tie up the loose ends because of this added on backstory. This film is great for kids and adults alike but there was just one thing that kept on nagging at the back of my head - did Roald Dahl predict Michael Jackson ?

Very disappointing.

Having seen the first film many times and loved it we were quite apprehensive about the remake but watched with an open mind. We hated it.!

We were intrigued for the first 3rd of the film as we kept expecting the magic to begin but it never delivered. The magic of the first film is not due to effects or expensive sets but due to the warmth and fun the film delivers.

This remake tries to better the effects but fails with disastrous results, and there's no fun or warmth to take home with you. I watched 'til the end merely out of disbelief as I was hopeful something good may be around the corner but it never delivered. Very disappointing.

Proper Charlie

Bring on the original - this is rubbish. Not for the first time, a re-jigged version which simply did not work. Avoid.

Dire! Dire! Dire!

This is possibly the most boring film I've watched in a long time. My friend and I took our nine-year-old sons and she fell asleep. There were two bits that made me laugh - but I was the only one in the cinema who thought they were funny. (The chocolate castle and the Busby Berkely style synchronised swimming).

In it's favour, the boys loved it. My friend's son thought it was better than the Gene Wilder version, but then realised that he hadn't seen it! My son preferred the Gene Wilder one.

The special effects were disappointing. I'd have thought nowadays it would be possible to make the Oompa Lumpas look small without it obviously being done with computer animation. Where Willy Wonka was talking to the Oompa Lumpa in the jungle they didn't even look like they were in the same place.

Disappointing

Just not a patch on the Gene Wilder version ....sorry & all. THe psychedelic colours just made me wanna vomit.... Mike TV was a girl ...& Johnny Depp was just hopeless lacking charisma....complete & total rubbish

Stick with the original

Many remakes are not as good as the original. Sadly this is another. I'll watch the original again anyday, but this film should never have been made.