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Release Date: July 15th, 2005

Running Time: 115 minutes

U.S. Box Office: $206,456,431

Rating: PG for quirky situations, action and mild language.

Directed By: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Blake Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor

Critics Reviews: 7 out of 10

Reelviews If there is any living director who can do justice to the warped nature of Roald Dahl's "children's stories," it's Tim Burton. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory isn't the first time these two have "collaborated." Burton produced Henry Selick's animated James and the Giant Peach, but this time he's in the director's chair, with his favorite star in the camera's crosshairs. James Berardinelli

Chicago Sun-Times Now this is strange. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" succeeds in spite of Johnny Depp's performance, which should have been the high point of the movie. Depp, an actor of considerable gifts, has never been afraid to take a chance, but this time he takes the wrong one. Roger Ebert

Entertainment Weekly Charlie and the Chocolate Factory revives, in a sassier but more artful way, the pixilated whimsy of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The earlier film was driven, of course, by the creepy cuddliness of Gene Wilder — the smile of cozy dimpled warmth giving way to hysteria, then snapping back. Owen Gleiberman

The Movie Boy "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is good enough to stand on its own, but not quite good enough to not be a little wobbly on its feet. Burton is in full force, and blesses the production design and mood with portent atmosphere and colorful aesthetics. Dustin Putman

USA Today Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka is sure to give audiences the willies. Though he's the master of all things sweet, his demeanor is anything but. Claudia Puig

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