Roald Dahl

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 29, 2002Gonzo Children's Adventure/Fantastical Candy Factory
A Roald Dahl children's film that has become a cult classic, set in a deliriously nonsensical world with Gene Wilder give a sinisterly threatening performance in the title role
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)

James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 1, 2000Fantastical Journey/Stop-Motion Animation/Roald Dahl Adaptation
Henry Selick's follow-up to The Nightmare Before Christmas, a Roald Dahl adaptation filled with enormous visual creativity as a boy and several talking insects set forth on a sea journey in a giant peach
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Rating: ★★
Sep 16, 2005Gonzo Children's Film/Fantastical Candy Factory
Tim Burton's remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a peculiarly lifeless confection that fails to find any of the zaniness of the original, something that one would have thought would have been Burton's forte
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Rating: ★★★★
Nov 30, 2009Stop-Motion Animation/Talking Animals
Wes Anderson makes a delightful detour into stop-motion animation in this Roald Dahl adaptation, a droll caper comedy enacted by talking animals who are all characterised with typical Anderson eccentricities
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Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)

Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)
Rating: ★
Nov 27, 2017Animation/Cartoon Animals Redo Willy Wonka
The Tom and Jerry cartoons have the distinction of being considered the most violent ever. The question is why anybody considered why we needed an animated remake of Willy Wonka but with the addition of Tom and Jerry
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