Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The storyline follows Charlie, who takes a tour he has won with 4 other kids, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.
29 May 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 May 1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK
25 July 1942, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]
18 August 1959, West Sussex, England, UK
14 February 1992, Camden Town, London, England, UK
16 November 1972, Houston, Texas, USA
11 February 1992, England, UK
22 July 1964, Amersham, England, UK
1960, Kent, England, UK
11 December 1921, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
11 September 1924, Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
30 May 1978, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
October 20, 1970 in England, UK
19 May 1939, London, England, UK
13 May 1957, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
1961, Columbus, Ohio, USA
27 September 1939, London, England, UK
21 February 1967, Kenya
May 27, 2011
Adults and kids alike will take macabre delight in the punishment of naughty children. Burton and co make smart and funny additions to this classic tale.
July 28, 2005
I wonder if even children will respond to the peculiarly humorless and charmless stylistic eccentricities of Mr. Burton and his star, Johnny Depp.
July 15, 2005
In its best sections, it's magically deranged in a way no other filmmaker could even come close to pulling off.
April 26, 2011
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is quite simply, wonderful; a brilliantly imagined story that will win old fans and new fans alike.
November 07, 2012
[Depp is] ever the most watchable of freaks, even if he is slipping in and out of accents, looking perplexed at his slight lines and, most frustratingly, hinting at the mad -- okay, madder -- memorable turn that might have been.
May 12, 2006
As the star who's framed in the center of nearly every shot he's in, Depp is a constantly surprising Willy Wonka.
July 18, 2005
You can't help feeling that a fantasist as accomplished as Burton can manage this kind of project with his eyes shut. The trouble is that, from film to film, his dreams are starting to look the same.
September 08, 2012
Predictably twisted scenery, a bland story, a horrible alteration of Wonka, and an ending that's anything but pleasing...
July 16, 2005
The production is top shelf.
June 13, 2008
The Nut Room scene, complete with squirrels, is unreservedly brilliant, a tour de force of electronic wizardry.
July 17, 2005
It's got a gorgeous wrapper and a nut in the center, but it's not very sweet.
