Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 222
Fresh: 182 | Rotten: 40
Closer to the source material than 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is for people who like their Chocolate visually appealing and dark.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 10
Closer to the source material than 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is for people who like their Chocolate visually appealing and dark.
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Movie Info
Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the secretive and wildly imaginative man behind the world's most celebrated candy company, and while the Wonka factory is famously closed to visitors, the reclusive candy man decides to give five lucky children a chance to see the inside of his operation by placing "golden tickets" in five randomly selected chocolate bars.
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Cast
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Johnny Depp
Willy Wonka -
Freddie Highmore
Charlie Bucket -
David Kelly
Grandpa Joe -
Helena Bonham Carter
Mrs. Bucket -
Noah Taylor
Mr. Bucket -
Missi Pyle
Mrs. Beauregarde -
James Fox
Mr. Salt -
Deep Roy
Oompa Loompa -
Christopher Lee
Dr. Wonka -
Adam Godley
Mr. Teavee -
Franziska Troegner
Mrs. Gloop -
Annasophia Robb
Violet Beauregarde -
Julia Winter
Veruca Salt -
Jordan Fry
Mike Teavee -
Philip Wiegratz
Augustus Gloop -
Blair Dunlop
Little Willy Wonka -
Annette Badland
Jolly Woman -
Todd Boyce
TV Reporter -
Garick Hagon
Denver Reporter -
Geoffrey Holder
Narrator -
Liz Smith
Grandma Georgina -
Debora Weston
Woman in Shop -
David Morris
Grandpa George -
James Oscar Lee
Shopkeeper -
Mark Heap
Man With Dog -
Nitin Chandra Ganatra
Prince Pondicherry -
Roger Frost
Tall Man -
Francesca Hunt
Mrs. Salt -
Tony Kirwood
Finckelgruber -
Kevin Eldon
Man With Dog -
Eileen Essell
Grandma Josephine -
Harry Taylor
Mr. Gloop -
Shelley Conn
Princess Pondicherry -
Chris Cresswell
Prodnose -
Phil Philmar
Slugworth -
Nayef Rashed
Moroccan Market Vendor -
Menis Yousry
Moroccan Market Trader -
Hubertus Geller
German Reporter -
Colette Appleby
Customer in Shop -
Stephen Hope-Wynne
Museum Guard -
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All Critics (224) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (182) | Rotten (40) | DVD (44)
It's nearly impossible to fathom the grand act of sabotage that Johnny Depp has committed upon the source material as its reclusive chocolatier.
As the star who's framed in the center of nearly every shot he's in, Depp is a constantly surprising Willy Wonka.
It's nearly impossible to fathom the grand act of sabotage that Johnny Depp has committed upon the source material as its reclusive chocolatier.
I wonder if even children will respond to the peculiarly humorless and charmless stylistic eccentricities of Mr. Burton and his star, Johnny Depp.
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.
It's got a gorgeous wrapper and a nut in the center, but it's not very sweet.
[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.
Predictably twisted scenery, a bland story, a horrible alteration of Wonka, and an ending that's anything but pleasing...
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.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is quite simply, wonderful; a brilliantly imagined story that will win old fans and new fans alike.
The Nut Room scene, complete with squirrels, is unreservedly brilliant, a tour de force of electronic wizardry.
One of the best family films in a while and one of the year's stronger films to date.
Poised to become a new cult classic to replace the old one.
The material plays to [Burton's] strengths ... he's more interesting as a stylist than a storyteller.
Depp's Wonka exudes none of the gravity required for the role. It's as though he didn't take the role seriously. Rather than an intimidating candyman teaching brats a lesson, this Wonka is simply a freak.
Possibly the first Hollywood movie to design a fairy tale of sorts around globalization, the film conjures a mythic Brit multinational instead of the usual imperial realm, asa basically high caloric magical kingdom.
There's a lot of cool stuff on display here, but it lacks the consistent creative vision--or, if you like, the pure imagination--of the original film.
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If anything cramps Depp, and the film's sense of fun, it is the weight that is placed on reconciliation between Wonka and his father.
A funny and sweet adventure for kids and parents, thanks to Burton's ability to stir the imagination and tell a sweepingly charming story.
Soft-spoken, eccentric and just a little sadistic at times, Depp makes for an all-original Wonka, and not a rehash of Wilder's infamous work.
Finally a worthy, excellent remake.
[Tim Burton] commands his environments with such exacting precision that one can't help but lose oneself in the intricate layers of sets and costumes.
Audience Reviews for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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- Mrs. Beauregarde: Violet! You're turning... violet!
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- Violet Beauregarde: Let's be friends.
- Veruca Salt: Best friends.
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- Charlie Bucket: Why hold on to it, Why not start a new piece?
- Violet Beauregarde: Because I'd never be a champion, I'd be a loser, like you.
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- Willy Wonka: That's just it, isn't it. I make the candy I fell like, but now I fell terrible so the candy's terrible! You're very good.
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- Mrs. Bucket: Oh well, nothing goes better with cabbage than cabbage.
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- Violet Beauregarde: Look mother, I'm much more flexible now.
- Mrs. Beauregarde: Yes, but you're blue.
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Foreign Titles
- Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik (DE)
- Charlie et la chocolaterie (FR)










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However, the British accents referring to 'candy' grates massively: please choose one or the other.