Fans with fond childhood memories of the candy-colored fantasy WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) are in for a nasty surprise. Neo-Gothic fantasist Tim Burton and writer John August (BIG FISH) play it strictly by the book for this darker but far more faithful adaptation of Roald Dahl's cautionary 1964 young-adult novel. Dahl's contempt for gluttonous, TV-addicted youth and their weak, indulgent parents virtually drips from the screen, while Burton's additions mainly consist of his own neurotic obsessions. Legendary chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp, eccentrically inspired as usual) has hidden a golden coupon under the wrappers of five bars of Wonka choco...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG
Length:
118 mins