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  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Opened July 15, 2005 | Runtime:1 hr. 55 min.
  • PG
    quirky situations, action and mild language
  • 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 Read More
  • Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor
  • Director: Tim Burton
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    by lilmermaid22

    This was a very good remake of the 1964 version. My nieces and I thought this was a very good movie. Anybody would this is a better version of the remake because the techolnogy has updated and has more of an imagination.

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    by lord-o-movies

    great movie
    johhny depp was amazing in this
    tim burton made a great remake

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    by foxyjo123

    This is a really good movie. It made me laugh a whole lot. I loved it.

    7 out of 10.

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    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Those Oompa-Loompas are the beat, and soul, of Burton's finest movie since "Ed...

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Depp deserves kudos for fashioning an original and outlandish if occasionally...

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Here's a film about kids and for kids that has not lost touch with what it is...

  • 80
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    I call it wondrous because, in spite of lapses and imperfections, a few of them...

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