Wonka

Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children's book and one of the best-selling children's authors of all time, "Wonka" tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.

Timothée Chalamet leads a beguiling cast in a back story that rinses away all sourness from Roald Dahl’s embittered chocolatier. Hugh Grant nearly steals the show as the original Oompa-Loompa, the keeper of the chocolate flame, digitally reduced to 12 inches high.

"In the hands of Brit-cinema’s new kings of comedy, writer Simon Farnaby and writer-director Paul King (who have already worked their magic on Paddington), this pre-Wonka is an absolute treat; it’s spectacular, imaginative, sweet-natured and funny. "- The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw, 5 stars

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