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Product Description
Family adventure based on the novel by Roald Dahl. The film
centres around an eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka (Johnny
Depp), and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy
from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's
extraordinary factory. Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is
a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly
shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) and father (Noah
Taylor) and both pairs of grandparents. They all live in a tiny,
tumbledown, drafty old house but it is filled with love. Every
night, the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great
factory, and he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be
inside. For nearly fifteen years, no one has seen a single worker
going in or coming out of the factory, or caught a glimpse of
Willy Wonka himself, yet, mysteriously, great quantities of
chocolate are still being made and shipped to shops all over the
world. One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement. He
will open his famous factory and reveal 'all of its secrets and
magic' to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden
inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars. When Charlie
finds some money on the snowy street and takes it to the nearest
store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight he
finds a golden ticket. The family decides that Grandpa Joe (David
Kelly) should be the one to accompany Charlie on this
once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Once inside, Charlie is dazzled by
one amazing sight after another.
From Amazon.co.uk
Director Tim Burton’s take on Roald Dahl’s classic story is
undeniably more faithful to the source material than the 1975
musical retelling of the same story. His
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory is also a slightly darker,
visually inventive film, and is ultimately a tasty treat that the
whole family can enjoy.
Filling the coat of Willy Wonka is frequent Burton collaborator
Johnny Depp--the pair have previously worked together on the
likes of Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow--and what
fun he clearly had. His Wonka is a kooky, isolated figure,
extremely distrusting and clearly uncomfortable around the
children who win a golden ticket to look round his factory.
Burton invests time in his main character, giving him a rounded
back story that pays dividends, and while some will inevitably
prefer Gene Wilder’s edgier take on the same role all those years
ago, Depp nonetheless is on strong form. The cast around him also
perform well, particularly Freddie Highmore in the title role.
The story is as you’ll likely remember it, with five children
given the chance to visit Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate
factory. And what a visual treat that factory is, bursting with
colour and vibrancy. Along the way, they encounter chocolate
lakes, industrious squirrels and the infamous oompa loompas, and
truthfully, it’s fun to be along for the ride.
Is it better than that aforementioned 1975 version? Actually,
it’s just different. Each film will no doubt have its legion of
fans, but the bottom line here is that Roald Dahl’s classic has
provided the source for an enjoyable, well pitched movie with
plenty of rewatch value. Now if only they’d go and film Charlie &
The Great Glass Elevator…--Simon Brew
Synopsis
What wonders await you in Willy Wonka’s factory? Sail along the
Chocolate River in a pink sugar boat. Experiment with Everlasting
Gobstoppers in the Inventing Room. Observe talented squirrels in
the Nut Room and travel to the Television Room via glass
elevator. You’ll find a lot that’s funny, a little that’s
mysterious…and an adventure as sweet and satisfying as a Wonka
Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight bar. This dazzling film
of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, directed by Tim Burton
and starring Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore, is your Golden
Ticket to a world so inventive and amazing, you won’t want to
miss a delicious moment!
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