Charlie i fabryka czekolady

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.

...Tim Burton [omdanner] Dahls fortælling til en visuel konfektæske af fineste karat - en magisk og klassisk fortælling med Johnny Depp som den mest eksklusive godbid.

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.