- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Opened July 15, 2005 | Runtime:1 hr. 46 min.
PG
quirky situations, action and mild language
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Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie (Freddie Highmore), 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 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.Read More
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- Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor
- Director: Tim Burton
- Genres: Children's Fantasy, Fantasy, Children's/Family
Critic Reviews
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"Burton's gifts ensure you won't be able to take your eyes off the screen, but that doesn't necessarily mean you'll be happy with what you're seeing."
Los Angeles Times
- Kenneth Turan
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"It emerges as the summer's most visually arresting escapist adventure."
USA Today
- Claudia Puig
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"Entertaining and fabulously imaginative in many ways, this second bigscreen rendition of the late author's modest morality tale on the wages of unbridled excess sports excesses of its own."
Variety
- Todd McCarthy
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