The plot: Focusing on a young Willy Wonka and how he came to meet the Oompa-Loompas on one of his earliest adventures.
Genre: Adventure · Comedy · Family · Fantasy · Musical
Directed by Paul King
Produced by David Heyman, Alexandra Derbyshire, Luke Kelly
Screenplay by Simon Farnaby Paul King
Based on Characters by Roald Dahl
Story by Paul King
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman & Hugh Grant.
Cinematography: Chung-hoon Chung
Music by Joby Talbot, Neil Hannon
Edited by Mark Everson
Production companies: Village Roadshow Pictures, Heyday Films, The Roald Dahl Story Company
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
The Wonka movie was surprisingly good.
Pros: I was glad to lower my expectations for this movie. The musical scores helped add a lot to the movie. Timothée Chalamet was good as young Wonka. The villains were very hateful and the storytelling was way better than it’s meant to be.
Cons: Certain moments do feel rushed. Some of Timothée’s reactions in key moments did came off weak in my opinion. I didn’t like Mrs. Scrubbit and I’m disappointed that Willy Wonka wasn’t unhinged at all.
The Casts:
- Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka
- Calah Lane as Noodle
- Keegan-Michael Key as the Chief-of-Police
- Paterson Joseph as Arthur Slugworth
- Matt Lucas as Prodnose
- Mathew Baynton as Fickelgruber
- Sally Hawkins as Willy Wonka’s mother
- Rowan Atkinson as Father Julius
- Jim Carter as Abacus Crunch
- Tom Davis as Bleacher
- Olivia Colman as Mrs. Scrubbit
- Hugh Grant as Lofty, an Oompa-Loompa
- Natasha Rothwell as Piper Benz
- Rich Fulcher as Larry Chucklesworth
- Rakhee Thakrar as Lottie Bell
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Simon Farnaby
- Colin O’Brien
- Ellie White
- Murray McArthur
- Tracy Ifeachor
- Isy Suttie
- Phil Wang
- Tim Fitzhigham as Ship Captain
I recommend watching this movie in cinemas.
Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe