Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (PG)

Quicklook Rating★★★

synopsis

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is a tale about an eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in fifteen years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.

MovieGoer Review

Unlike the fluffed-up 1971 original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, director Tim Burton puts a decidedly quirkier and darker spin on his highly stylized and brightly colored Charlie & the Chocolate Factory adaptation. In other words,... MORE

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synopsis

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is a tale about an eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in fifteen years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world.

MovieGoer Review

Unlike the fluffed-up 1971 original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, director Tim Burton puts a decidedly quirkier and darker spin on his highly stylized and brightly colored Charlie & the Chocolate Factory adaptation. In other words,... MORE