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Title: Simply Terrible. No Humour. No Mystery. Nothing.
Review: This awful awful remake of an absolutely perfect movie known as "Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" reminds me of the equally insufferable "Cat In The Hat" starring Mike Myers and "Toys" starring Robin Williams some years back. Just wasted, empty time. Johnny Deep's character casts Wonka as an effeminate sociopath emotionally and psychologically crippled by a repressive childhood. It's just not believable. It felt like the incredibly overrated Johnny Depp trying to act weird and creepy instead of the character being so. There's no laughs. There's no warmth. There's no suspense. The musical numbers are plain dumb and desperate. It's a complete fail. There really was no need to remake Wonka. Gene Wilder's performance was pure genius. Depp's Wonka is simply a case of bad acting to a poorly written script. I don't care about the book and whether this film sticks closer to it. It STINKS.
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