Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

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• Candy R

  
  Good re-make of the movie about children who win golden tickets to visit the chocolate factory. The special effects are great and Johnny puts on an excellent performance. I love the chocolate river.

• Tyler K

  
  I'm not very surprised that only 52% of the "people" enjoyed this movie. This movie is good, it was good to me at least. I don't know if you'll like it, but I thought it was a very good and inspiring movie.

• Directors C

  
  The film deserves praise for being closer and more faithful to the classic children's novel. But it's too dark for it's own good considering the audience its aiming at and it's just plain creepy and this ruins its chance at being something magical.

• Michael E

  
  I've admitted that "Willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is one of my top 20 favorite films, so when I heard they were going to remake it, I got a bit skeptic, but I still saw it anyway, and overall, it was okay, its nowhere near classic, and Tim Burton has made much… More
  I've admitted that "Willy wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is one of my top 20 favorite films, so when I heard they were going to remake it, I got a bit skeptic, but I still saw it anyway, and overall, it was okay, its nowhere near classic, and Tim Burton has made much better films than this, but its a decent film overall. The acting is okay, the songs are catchy as hell and very creative, and the plot follows the book a bit closer.

• Alexander D

  
  The sweetest part about CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is the acting. Johnny Depp delivers a very, very quirky performance as Willy Wonka--which is good, because this was how Roald Dahl original wrote it in his classic children's novel, so overall, Johnny Depp is without a… More
  The sweetest part about CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is the acting. Johnny Depp delivers a very, very quirky performance as Willy Wonka--which is good, because this was how Roald Dahl original wrote it in his classic children's novel, so overall, Johnny Depp is without a doubt better than Gene Wilder. Also, Freddie Highmore can act poor (as can Helena Bonham Carter, his character's mother), and he is much less obnoxious than the kid who played him in WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. But as for the rest of the kids, they're all still just as much brats, if not, brattier. I was surprised at how scary this film was (well, for a family movie, of course). It <i>is</i> (*sigh*) another Burton/Depp collaboration, so it has those moments where they throw things in that are just plain creepy to kids, but to which adults will react with an elongated, "Ohhh...kay?" But I mean this is an eerier Tim Burton family film than even THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, with an overly mysterious feel. Overall, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY was not bad, not bad at all. It's worth a good try with your family--just make sure you have enough bags of popcorn, but not enough to make you look like that one morbidly obese kid from this movie...er, what's his name again?

• Eric A

  
  Tim Burton always takes risks and he took another one here, to challenge the classic first Willy Wonka film. He tackled it and did a very good job in my opinion, he kept it original but added his own twist and flavor to it.

• Melvin W

  
  Willy Wonka: Don't lose your heads. Don't get overexcited. Just keep very calm. There is a lot of hate for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and really for no reason, except that to quote every adult over the age of 35. "It is nowhere near the original. This should… More
  Willy Wonka: Don't lose your heads. Don't get overexcited. Just keep very calm. There is a lot of hate for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and really for no reason, except that to quote every adult over the age of 35. "It is nowhere near the original. This should never have been made. Cry me a river. Who cares that Burton remade a classic? We act like if someone remakes a classic, it somehow takes something away from the original. Like Gus Van Sant's Psycho, which isn't a good movie. But people act like Van Sant should be hung for remaking Psycho. Who cares? If you don't like the idea of a remake of Chocolate Factory, go watch the original and shut the fuck up. No one wants to hear you cry about the original being better because in reality it's not. Tim Burton's is better. I like the original too, but Burton did a great job with the remake. He made it creepier, more funny and the art direction is out of this world. Johnny Depp kills it as Willy Wonka. Freddie Highmore is less annoying then then the kid from the original. The other four kids are done way better here. The backstory is awesome. The factory looks better. The dialogue is better. The direction is better. So the movie is superior to the first. The people who don't think it is remember going and watching it when they were 6 years old and think somehow this is cheating their childhood. Burton made a better movie, so get over it. This isn't Burton's best movie, but it is really good. I hate to see people criticize this film because it is so good. Judge it as a single movie. Forget about the original while you are watching and you will love it. Thank you Burton and Depp for having the balls to remake a family classic. Mike Teavee: Who wants a beard?  Willy Wonka: Well, beatniks for one, folk singers, and motorbike riders. Y'know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats. It's in the fridge, daddy-o! Are you hip to the jive? Can you dig what I'm layin' down? I knew that you could. Slide me some skin, soul brother! 

• Bethany M

  
  10/10 mainly for the fact that Johnny Depp is an excellent Willy Wonka. Much, much better than the original.

• Conner R

  
  Quite frankly, people can hat Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all they want; I still love it and think it's practically flawless. Not only is this much more of an accurate adaption of the book, but it's just visually amazing. The fact that it's so… More
  Quite frankly, people can hat Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all they want; I still love it and think it's practically flawless. Not only is this much more of an accurate adaption of the book, but it's just visually amazing. The fact that it's so childlike and eerily bonkers is what makes all the slight jokes and offhand comments by the characters even more funny and effective. Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka is all kinds of crazy and makes for a believable candy inventor with the brain of a ten-year-old boy. What I like is that he's almost nothing like Gene Wilder's interpretation; so there's no sense in comparing the two. Johnny Depp's performance takes everything you'd expect from the character and completely levels it. It's one of the strangest attempts at a human being ever put on screen. I think all of the back story they give for Willy Wonka and his Oompa Loompas is a wise decision; honestly it's pretty hilarious when you know more about the two. I think the child actors in this are next to perfect. They're exaggerations of reality for sure, but at not one point does anyone seem fake or overacted. The music is the final straw in making this a bon-a-fide classic; it channels madness into song and dance. In the end, there's no reason anyone should find Tim Burton's version bad in any way. He's a visionary director that never seems to disappoint in terms of giving a visual landscape that is totally original and something out of a dream.

• Dean M

  
  I like this remake movie, more funny as such as Johnny Depp's character. Director Tim Burton expertly juggles mild scares and laughs, as with the factory workers, the Oompa Loompas. The much-criticised addition of a back-story involving Christopher Lee as Wonka Snr actually works… More
  I like this remake movie, more funny as such as Johnny Depp's character. Director Tim Burton expertly juggles mild scares and laughs, as with the factory workers, the Oompa Loompas. The much-criticised addition of a back-story involving Christopher Lee as Wonka Snr actually works very well. The factory sets are scrumptious. Yes, even for nostalgic adults, this is better than the popular 1971 version with Gene Wilder. The ending scene is the best.

• Brad W

  
  It was nothing like the original but is still an okay movie with great effects and bad acting, a worthy remake though.

• Spencer S

  
  The original, based off the children's book by Roald Dahl, had famous quotations taken from literature, the creepy ambiance of Gene Wilder, and those orange Oompa Loompas. This seemed like a Johnny Depp/Tim Burton coalition to derail a classic that defined my childhood and make a… More
  The original, based off the children's book by Roald Dahl, had famous quotations taken from literature, the creepy ambiance of Gene Wilder, and those orange Oompa Loompas. This seemed like a Johnny Depp/Tim Burton coalition to derail a classic that defined my childhood and make a point about their own abilities as a collaborative team.

• Richard C

  
  B

• Alexis N

  
  I love this movie, it's entertaining. If you just let it be its own thing, it's wonderful. Tim Burton does an amazing job at putting his twist on a classic. It's creepy, visual, clever. I hate the Oompa Loompas more in this film, but Charlie is better than that pouty… More
  I love this movie, it's entertaining. If you just let it be its own thing, it's wonderful. Tim Burton does an amazing job at putting his twist on a classic. It's creepy, visual, clever. I hate the Oompa Loompas more in this film, but Charlie is better than that pouty mess from the first one. This movie is easy to watch over and over again.

• Jay H

  
  Blasphemous to the original.

• Jeremy S

  
  This is one of the funniest film of the year, will have you in stitches. Isn't anywhere near the original. Johnny Depp's performance is a bit too unreadable and the Ommpa Lompas leave a bitter taste.

• erika b

  
  funny but weird

• Dead A

  
  Great movie!

• Lafe F

  
  I loved the fantasy realization of the chocolate factory with high-budget CGI effects. The film was color-processed to give a slight surreal look. The song-and-dance numbers with the computer-cloned Oompa-Loompas (Deep Roy) was creepy and spectacular as they celebrated the… More
  I loved the fantasy realization of the chocolate factory with high-budget CGI effects. The film was color-processed to give a slight surreal look. The song-and-dance numbers with the computer-cloned Oompa-Loompas (Deep Roy) was creepy and spectacular as they celebrated the elimination each of the unsuitable children from the competition to win the chocolate factory. Each song was tailored for each kid's exit and done in different musical styles: Augustus Gloop's chocolate drowning song had a tropical island sound, Violet turning into a blueberry was very hip-hop, Veruca going down the garbage chute was like a classic Beatles' song, and Mike Teevee's sendoff was frantic electric 70's rock. The score, composed by Danny Elfman, matched the skewed imagery of the scenes perfectly. I say wow! to the opening credits which takes us through the production lines of chocolate bar manufacturing. Johnny Depp chose a distanced alien approach to portray Willy Wonka, which didn't jive with me. Like his uncomfortable feelings about his father, I felt uncomfortable with him in any scene. I liked the added touch of showing the unfortunate children departing the factory in their damaged states. The squirrels were cute and awesomely animated; there's a feature on the DVD about them. Speaking of the DVD, disc #2 of the set has excellent video games for each of the child characters. This movie had more impact on me in 2005 than Star Wars Episode III did. Seeing it in great detail on a 50 foot IMAX screen was awesome. This movie is different than the 1970 film with Gene Wilder; they are both enjoyable for different reasons; one shouldn't replace the other.

• KJ P

  
  It was really good! However, I think it's a disgrace to the original!

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