Stepping into some big I.P. shoes, the Dune actor gets whimsical in this prequel that details how Willy got his candy-colored groove on. Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet stars as the chocolatier in this musical origin story, playing a wide-eyed innocent instead of an eccentric mad-hatter. Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet stars as the chocolatier in this musical origin story, playing a wide-eyed innocent instead of an eccentric mad-hatter.<\/p>\n
Younger, sweeter and significantly less weird than his prior screen incarnations, the latest Willy Wonka \u2014 played by Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet \u2014 sets off on his adventure with a dream and a smile. For the next two hours, he keeps smiling, while sometimes singing, kind of dancing and concocting idiosyncratic treats like chocolates salted with, as Willy explains, \u201cthe bittersweet tears of a Russian clown.\u201d Called hoverchocs, this particular delectable sends its nibblers flying. Alas, they weren\u2019t given out at the press screening so I remained earthbound. Movie franchises live forever, it seems, hence \u201cWonka,\u201d a new musical origin story set in an earnest key about the first business ventures of the young Willy. It\u2019s a bright, light movie \u2014 in palette and temperament \u2014 that\u2019s stuffed with talented performers who seem to be having a pleasant time, even when pretending to be meanies. Its most distinctive quality is that it\u2019s nice, with scarcely a hint of the misanthropy that burbles through Roald Dahl\u2019s \u201cCharlie and the Chocolate Factory,\u201d the 1964 best seller that generated adaptations in assorted media, including two earlier films and a Broadway musical. (This movie has different music.)<\/p>\n
Dahl\u2019s novel and its two film adaptations feature an impoverished boy, Charlie, \u201ca good sensible loving child\u201d who pays a life-changing visit to a chocolate factory owned by the mysterious Willy Wonka. Directed by Paul King, \u201cWonka\u201d turns back the clock to when Willy was a striver with near-empty pockets and a suitcase filled with enchantments. After years of sailing the world, he pursues his toothsome dreams in a Euro-ville pastiche, with a vaulted shopping arcade and a plaza large enough to hold big musical numbers. He soon encounters hurdles in the form of a cartel and a hotelier, Mrs. Scrubbit (Olivia Colman), who \u2014 in a plotline that mirrors one in the novel \u2014 hoodwinks guests into servitude.\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Genres:<\/strong>Action, Adventure, Drama<\/div>\nDirector:<\/strong>Francis Lawrence<\/div>\nCast:<\/strong>Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis<\/div>\n
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