Should you watch Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Film · 1971
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.
The sides of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- A poor boy with a golden ticket
- A factory with a chocolate river
- An eccentric candy maker played by Gene Wilder
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is good for you if…
- you like Gene Wilder's Wonka, gentle one minute and unsettling the next.
- you like a room where everything, even the cups, is candy.
- you like Pure Imagination and the Oompa Loompa songs.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is bad for you if…
- you find early seventies sets and effects dated.
- you can't stand the boat tunnel scene that scares children.
About: greed · kindness · childhood
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