Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Reviews



  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    • Genre : Adventure, Fantasy
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : PG
    • Duration : 106 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : 150
    • Studio : Warner Bros.
    • Official Site : http://www.chocolatefactorymovie.com/
    • Reviews Rate
      Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.

    • Readers Rate
      4 of 5

Movie Reviews

  • this is something you've got to see
    3 of 5 by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette ]
  • this incarnation of Charlie isn't quite all it's cracked up to be
    4 of 5 by Eugene Novikov [Film Blather ]
  • successful enough to linger in your memory, for the most part pleasantly.
    3.5 of 5 by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News ]
  • seems to move just a beat behind Roald Dahl's beloved novel
    by Scott Tobias [The Onion A.V. Club ]
  • one that is sure to get more enjoyable with repeat viewings.
    8 of 10 by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon ]
  • is the real deal
    by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter ]
  • is the kind of densely packed comedy that keeps adults' attention even while amazing the young ones
    5 of 5 by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall ]
  • is more faithful and substantive than Mel Stuart's foppish 1971 production
    3 of 4 by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
  • is akin to a disappointingly tame acid trip
    2 of 4 by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
  • goes straight to the pleasure center
    3.5 of 4 by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]
  • ends as an overdone stomach ache
    2.5 of 4 by Steven Snyder [Zertinet Movies ]
  • certainly one of the better summer movies for families
    3.5 of 4 by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City ]
  • a true cinematic delight.
    5 of 5 by [E! Online ]
  • a triumph of production design, kicky musical numbers
    3 of 4 by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ]
  • a marvelous confectionary delight
    3 of 4 by Kit Bowen [Hollywood ]
  • a great piece of entertainment
    4 of 5 by Kerry Lengel [The Arizona Republic ]
  • a delectably sustained flight of fancy
    5 of 5 by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is actually a good movie
    4 of 5 by Max Braden [The Trades ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source ]
  • 4 of 4 Reviewed by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune ]
  • 4 of 5 Reviewed by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Lew Irwin [ShowBIZ Data ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle ]
  • 3.5 of 4 Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Stacy Layne Wilson [Fantastica Daily ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Christine James [Boxoffice Magazine ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Andrew Guy Jr. [Houston Chronicle ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Jonathan Rosenbaum [Chicago Reader ]
  • 3 of 5 Reviewed by Christopher Null [Filmcritic ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch ]
  • 2 of 5 Reviewed by Jeff Farance [The Daytona Beach News-Journal ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak ]
  • 2 of 4 Reviewed by Brett Michel [The Boston Phoenix ]
  • Reviewed by Paul Myers [Georgia Straight ]
  • Reviewed by Bob Strauss [L.A. Daily News ]

Reader's Reviews

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