Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

(Tim Burton, US/UK/Australia 2005, 115 min., 35mm)

Dryden Kids. While author Roald Dahl found 1971’s Willy Wonka to be soft and saccharine, Burton’s adaptation is more faithful to the novel. The animal and Oompa Loompa staff renews Dahl’s controversial twist on labor rights, while CG animation allows Burton to explore in detail the massive factory of wonders in a way Willy Wonka could not. Charlie further examines the wounded psyche and repressed abandonment issues that drive Wonka’s candy-coated isolationism. Free for 17 & under.