Review of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 06 Apr 2006
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is probably the best film of its sort since The Wizard of Oz. It is everything that family movies usually claim to be, but aren't: Delightful, funny, scary, exciting, and, most of all, a genuine work of imagination.
Willy Wonka is such a surely and wonderfully spun fantasy that it works on all kinds of minds, and it is fascinating because, like all classic fantasy, it is fascinated with itself.
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This review of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 06 Apr 2006.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory has generally received very positive reviews.
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