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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 14 Jul 2005

The movie's overlong and there are lumps in the batter, but this is a ''Charlie that the author would recognize as upholding his playfully…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 14 Jul 2005

Director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp have done author Roald Dahl's children's fantasy proud, creating a cinematic fairy tale that is not…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 14 Jul 2005

Energy lags aside, I recommend the movie for the weird and wonderful display of imagination that Burton brings to the task -- not to mention…

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By Jon Niccum (520) for Lawrence Journal-World (273) on 14 Jul 2005

Whereas the rotten kids were one-dimensionally awful in Wilder's version, in Burton's they are fully rounded cretins…

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By John Venable (339) for Supercala.com (431) on 14 Jul 2005

It's fun, it's weird, it's visually stunning. It's what going to the movies to escape is all about…

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By Kit Bowen (393) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 14 Jul 2005

Coming from the fertile and creative mind of Tim Burton, it is still a marvelous confectionary delight, especially to those who like a darker…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for FilmJerk.com (622) on 14 Jul 2005

Depp's oddball acting fits heavenly with Burton's vision, and the two team up yet again for another rousing, wildly original collaboration…

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By David Foucher (211) for EDGE Boston (239) on 14 Jul 2005

Looks like the sweetest truffle... goes down like a sourball…

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By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 14 Jul 2005

Zany and unsystematic, and so encased by its own bizarre reality that at times you wonder whether you will need a few prescription drugs to…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 14 Jul 2005

The kids and their parents are optimum consumers, always looking for the next product, greedy to get their hands and mouths on it…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 14 Jul 2005

This is a perfect example of how to take a well-established tale and re-tell it for a whole new generation…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 14 Jul 2005

While the first Chocolate Factory was a color-mad eye-popper, this is something better: a carefully conceived and imaginatively created eye-opener…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 14 Jul 2005

Even the most hardened skeptics... may be pleasantly surprised... wonderfully weird…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 14 Jul 2005

It's Depp's misfire that keeps the picture from becoming a genuinely sweet pleasure: As it stands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 13 Jul 2005

Burton's fondness for telling darkly comic stories and Depp's knack for playing off-kilter recluses are useful here…

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By Gregory Weinkauf (347) for ÜberCiné (57) on 13 Jul 2005

Our Golden Ticket arrived in 1971, however this new Factory produces undeniably tasty confectionery of a newfangled sort…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 13 Jul 2005

Whatever flaws it has, this sweet and sour morality tale is a beautifully crafted and bizarrely amusing delight…

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By Collin Souter (180) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 13 Jul 2005

Burton sticks to the text, but manages to play with it so that there's still no way of knowing which direction he is going…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 13 Jul 2005

Burton has created a psychedelic, off-beat, dark comedy combined with a heartfelt tale about one little boy who continues to hope and dream…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 13 Jul 2005

I hate what the changes in tone and attitude from the 1971 flick say about how we've changed as a culture over the last 30 years…

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