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...exceptionally strong cast and a few more twists quickly made you forget the original. Charlie is still too saintly, but Freddie Highmore—who should have garnered an Oscar nomination for his heartbreaking performance in “Finding Neverland,” also starring Johnny Depp (Wonka)—has the requisite Dickensian face and sweetly longing eyes. And the optimism of Grandpa Joe, played by excellent character actor David Kelly (“Waking Ned Devine”) nicely balances the humorous cynicism of Grandpa George...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burton Reworks ‘Wonka,’ Scores a Sweet Success | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

...Depp, of course, is the star attraction. If any concerns are raised by the original film, they would have to be Gene Wilder’s deep Wonka imprint on the minds of a generation. Depp manages to take an equally bizarre, but entirely different, take on the character. While the film aids this development by adding a lil’ Wonka childhood flashback (featuring B-movie stalwart Christopher Lee as his father, a candy-loathing dentist), Depp’s delivery, as always...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burton Reworks ‘Wonka,’ Scores a Sweet Success | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

Many have claimed that Depp is channeling Wacko Jacko—a charge Depp rightly denies. Michael Jackson’s recent media attention—coupled with Depp’s playing a pale, effeminately voiced, grown man with father issues, living in a make-believe world—probably fueled the comparison. But the similarities stop there...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Burton Reworks ‘Wonka,’ Scores a Sweet Success | 7/22/2005 | See Source »

This is rather a thin tale, not much thickened by Burton's direction or Depp's playing. There's a distance, a detachment to this film. It lacks passion. This was a defect of Dahl's novel as well as the first movie version: they never fully embraced the dark side of the story. Children can handle deeper scares than this movie offers. More important, they deserve edgier, more suspenseful storytelling than it provides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: For Wonka, Tooth Is Beauty | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...must know the story: saintly, poverty-stricken Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) and his family live hard by the Wonka works, the day-to-day upkeep of which Willy (Johnny Depp) has turned over to the Oompa-Loompas. He hides five golden tickets in his candy bars, the finders of which are entitled to visit his factory. Besides Charlie, the lucky--ultimately unlucky--winners include a glutton, an overachiever, a video-game addict and a spoiled rich kid, all of whom get sadistic comeuppances from Willy that will perhaps disturb parents more than they will their offspring, since kids have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: For Wonka, Tooth Is Beauty | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

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