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Title: Left me oddly unsatisfied.
Review: I wanted to love this movie, but I just couldn't open my heart to it. It is strangely cold and unwelcoming. I like Depp normally but this performance missed the mark somehow. It's like he couldn't quite find a rhythm for the character. There are very few laughs and a hackneyed storyline involving Wonka's father that seemed superfluous. The effects are neat, but without a compelling story it really doesn't matter. Burton managed to squeeze the humanity and fun out of the beloved Dahl story, and left us with something chilly and bizarre. And not in a good way.
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