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-Johnny
Depp
-Freddy
Highmore
Who
better
to
bring
Roald
Dahl's
adored
children's
story
to
life
than
the
mastermind
behind
inventive
films
like
EDWARD
SCISSORHANDS
and
BEETLEJUICE?
From
Tim
Burton's
opening
shot--against
Danny
Elfman's
eerie
score--this
CHARLIE
AND
THE
CHOCOLATE
FACTORY
is
recognizably
darker
than
the
Mel
Stuart-directed
1971
version
starring
Gene
Wilder.
Though
the
mysterious
chocolate
factory
has
been
closed
for
15
years,
it
continues
to
produce
and
ship
candy
all
over
the
world.
When
a
contest
promises
a
tour
of
the
plant
to
the
lucky
finders
of
five
golden
tickets
hidden
inside
wrappers,
no
one
is
more
excited
than
Charlie
Bucket
(Freddie
Highmore),
an
impoverished
boy
whose
family
lives
mere
steps
from
the
factory.
Though
he
can
barely
afford
even
one
candy
bar,
fate
intervenes,
and
Charlie
finds
the
last
golden
ticket.
Joined
at
the
gates
by a
group
of
despicable
brats
named
Veruca
Salt,
Violet
Beauregarde,
Augustus
Gloop,
and
Mike
Teavee,
Charlie
and
his
Grandfather
(David
Kelly)
venture
inside
proprietor
Willy
Wonka's
(Johnny
Depp)
delightful
factory
for
a
wild
adventure.
Each
room
is a
feast
for
the
eyes,
and
more
importantly
the
taste
buds--a
sugarcoated
dreamland
where
everything
is
edible.
One
by
one,
however,
the
children
meet
unfortunate
fates,
until
only
Charlie
remains
in
the
company
of
Wonka
and
his
curiously
small
workers,
the
Oompa
Loompas
(all
played
by
Deep
Roy,
whose
image
is
multiplied
with
CG).
Sporting
a
severe
bob,
and
talking
in a
high-pitched
voice,
Depp
makes
his
Wonka
even
weirder
than
Wilder's.
While
Burton
adds
some
amusing
contemporary
touches
(like
the
musical
Oompa
Loompa
routines),
and
an
elaborate
back
story,
he
also
preserves
the
charm
of
the
original
book.
Overall,
Burton's
visual
innovation
succeeds
in
capturing
the
vividness
of a
child's
imagination--but
whether
this
version
trumps
the
beloved
'71
film
is
for
viewers
to
decide.
Rated
PG-13
Portions
of
this
page
Copyright
1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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rights
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