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Name: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Director: Tim Burton
Genre: adventure, comedy, family, fantasy
Released: 2005
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 6.7

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has an iRankMovies score of 72.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Prepare for a taste of adventure.

Release:2005

Runtime:1h 55m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Tim Burton

Language:English

Genre

AdventureComedyFamily

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Keywords

Factory WorkerLondon EnglandBased On Novel Or BookChocolateCandyOverweight ChildParent Child RelationshipGrandparent Grandchild Relationship

iRank73

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 567K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic72%

TMDb7.039/10· 16K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Johnny Depp
as Willy Wonka
Freddie Highmore
as Charlie Bucket
David Kelly
as Grandpa Joe
Helena Bonham Carter
as Mrs. Bucket
Noah Taylor
as Mr. Bucket
Missi Pyle
as Mrs. Beauregarde
James Fox
as Mr. Salt
Deep Roy
as Oompa Loompa
Christopher Lee
as Dr. Wonka
Adam Godley
as Mr. Teavee
Franziska Troegner
as Mrs. Gloop
AnnaSophia Robb
as Violet Beauregarde

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory facts

Budget: $150M
Box office: $475M

Our take on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Tim Burton's 2005 family fantasy sends a young boy on a golden-ticket tour of the world's most magnificent chocolate factory, guided by its eccentric, reclusive candy maker. Burton leans into his gift for gothic-tinged whimsy, filling the screen with candy-colored invention and a slightly unsettling edge that keeps the sweetness from turning saccharine. It's playful and strange in equal measure, better suited to families who enjoy the odder corners of imagination than to those wanting straightforward cheer. If you like Burton's distinctive visual world and don't mind a dash of dark comedy in your fairy tale, this delivers a vivid, storybook adventure that both kids and design-minded adults can savor.

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