Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (DVD)

The Roald Dahl classic "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" has now found itself on the big screen twice. Once, more recently, with a weird and wonderful performance from Tim Burton's love-child Johnny Depp. Whilst this classic musical is by no means as strange as Depp's vehicle, it certainly has moments of utter barminess. Charlie lives in a one bedroom semi-detached with half a dozen adults, and dreams about finding one of five golden tickets that will allow him entry into the infamous chocolate factory owned by the reclusive Willy Wonka. When he discovers the last golden ticket, which was believed to be found by another child elsewhere, he ...  Read the complete review

For me, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a film about integrity and humanity. The Movie was produced in 1971 based on the second book that Roald Dahl wrote for children, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and documents the lucky characters during their a day at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory after finding a Golden Ticket in a Wonker Bar of Chocolate, and what happens to them. Charlie Bucket, possibly the poorest child in the world finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra money to buy some wholesome food. ...  Read the complete review

When I first bought my DVD player I promised myself that I would start my collection with a few films my children might enjoy. Firstly I bought Bugsy Malone and then Willy Wonka. OK so the plot's a bit hokey and the songs a bit naff, but forget that, just enjoy the suspense from belief and the slightly unsettling effect that the psychedelia has. Mr Dahl has surpassed himself here. It's dark and funny all at the same time. I couldn't think of a better actor than Gene Wilder, he's so off balance and yet in control of the quirky Mr Wonka. I loved this piece and come to think of it my four year old daughter watches it on average once a week since I ...  Read the complete review

Filmed in vivid Technicolor, sprinkled with great tunes and chock full of the most wonderful scenes imaginable means that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a perennial classic. Willy Wonka is essentially a children's film but it has a sinister subtext that may frighten some younger ones. The plot has young Charlie Bucket as the consummate dreamer whose aspirations are fuelled by an active minded, bedridden grandfather. His attempts to win a golden ticket for the trip of a lifetime to Wonka's Chocolate Factory that includes a lifetime supply of chocolate are thwarted by his families’ poverty. While the prospect of swapping cabbage soup for ...  Read the complete review

WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY I subscribe to a collection of musicals and every month I receive two musicals, I have over 60 of them now and I am slowly going through them. I say slowly because I don't watch the next film until I have reviewed the one I have just watched, at the moment I have one review typed up, one waiting to be typed and this one I am writing now. Eventually I will get around to posting them as a review, maybe before I get round to watching the next movie in my collection. This review is about the original musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's' novel of the same name. It all came about when the director Mel ...  Read the complete review