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IMDb rating 6.7
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Critic William Thomas
rated 8

John August’s script has taken the fantasy of the book and grafted it to a distinctly unsickly moral of family and hard work over imperiousness and entitlement.

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

The kids, their adventures and the song and dance numbers are so entertaining that Depp's strange Willy Wonka is not fatal to the movie, although it's at right angles to it.

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Ivan Mellace
rated 8

This is the chocolate factory, every good kid will be rewarded.The good child is measured even in the prize. 
Listening is half obeying. Whoever loves you must make you understand.
 Chocolate is good but too much is bad. For everything there is a ...

6 months ago
A.S
rated 9

I love willy wonka, he is such a peculiar fella. This wholesome story of Charlie growing up in harsh circumstances gets the chance of a life time to change it, but along the way, we see Charlie be the bigger person, with a heart of gold, teaching ...

1 week ago
Critic Cynthia Fuchs
rated 10

It is a Tim Burton-Johnny Depp confection, in its sinewy strangeness and perverse comedy.

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Critic James Berardinelli
rated 8

Lovers of Dahl's book, however, will almost certainly appreciate what Burton has wrought.

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Critic Marc Savlov
rated 7

...Depp is unimpeachable, the actorly yin to Burton’s directorial yang, and here he submerges himself in the role as at least as deeply as he did for his most genuine and affecting turn in a Burton film, that of Ed Wood.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle
Critic Chris Nashawaty
rated 8

...a madhouse kiddie musical with a sweet-and-sour heart.

Read full review at Entertainment Weekly

Cast & Crew

Tim Burton
Director
Christopher Lee
As Dr. Wonka
Danny Elfman
As Oompa Loompa (voice) (uncredited)
Danny Elfman
Composer
Johnny Depp
As Willy Wonka
James Fox
As Mr. Salt
Noah Taylor
As Mr. Bucket

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en-US: A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker. fr-FR: Un enfant issu d'une famille pauvre remporte un concours et découvre la fabuleuse usine de chocolat de Willy Wonka, un personnage étonnant et mystérieux. es-ES: Un niño muy bueno de una familia muy pobre gana un concurso y se lleva una visita guiada por la fábrica de chocolate más increíble del mundo, dirigida por el excéntrico Willy Wonka. pt-BR: Willy Wonka, dono da maior fábrica de doces do planeta, decide realizar um concurso mundial para escolher um herdeiro para seu império. Cinco crianças de sorte, incluindo Charlie Bucket, encontram um convite dourado em barras de chocolate Wonka e com isso ganham uma visita guiada pela lendária fábrica de chocolate. de-DE: Seit langem hat niemand mehr den exzentrischen Schokoladenhersteller Willy Wonka gesehen. Eines Tages gewährt der bizarr ausstaffierte Fabrikbesitzer fünf Kindern samt Begleitperson freien Eintritt in seine Fabrik - vorausgesetzt, sie besitzen eines der goldenen Tickets... ru-RU: При помощи режиссера Тима Бертона позвольте себе незабываемое, уникально волшебное путешествие во вкусно восхитительный и причудливо удивительный мир Чарли и Шоколадной Фабрики. Будучи эксцентричным человеком Вилли Вонка обещает пяти счастливчикам пожизненный запас сладостей и экскурсию по своей шоколадной фабрике.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was released in theaters on July 15, 2005.