Rating: ★★★★
Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutesRating: PG
Release Date: 15 July, 2005
Genre: Comedy, Family
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Freddie Highmore
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Roald Dahl, John August
Plot: A young boy gets a chance for his dreams to come true as he visits the world's best chocolate factory run by fantastically eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka. It is one adventure no one could prepare for.
Review: I absolutely loved it. Right from the beginning, I was entranced by the mystical and enchanting acting and setting. It took me away to a fairytale, and although it is so far from my own reality, it felt like I was in it.
The CGI used in this film really made it for me. There is a lot of discussion about which it better, the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) or the remake. Although both are really good for difference reasons, the remake wins it for me. It's so tight - the soundtrack, the CGI, the acting; it all works together perfectly.
The quirkiness of Johnny Depp's acting, the dark and twisted fantasies of Tim Burton's directing and the classic Roald Dahl humour combined creates a film that has odd eccentricities whilst still being good family fun for all ages. In my opinion, it was one of the most enjoyable films of it's kind of the past ten years.
TRIVIA TIME
Forty squirrels were ACTUALLY TRAINED for one scene.
Loads of the sweets, including the lollipops on the trees, were real.
Four of the five songs in the film were written by Roald Dahl himself.
Nearly 2,000 chocolate bars were provided for the making of the film by Nestlé.
It took almost six months to build the boat - so it could actually float on chocolate.
The river of chocolate was filled with over 200,000 gallons of fake chocolate.
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