The Candy Man can: ‘Wonka’ is scrumpdiddlyumptious
by Peter Rainer
Dec 15, 2023
2 minutes
“Wonka,” the latest movie musical version of Roald Dahl’s classic 1964 children’s book, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” is also the cheeriest and most heartfelt. These are not qualities typically associated with the source material, which often dips into darkness and the macabre. Neither are they prominent in the beloved 1971 Gene Wilder movie, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” or the less-than-beloved 2005 Tim Burton
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