| Overall: | B |
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| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 115 |
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| Video Release: | 04 Oct 2011 |
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Actors Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore also work together in Finding Neverland, the story of the creator behind Peter Pan. Freddie also stars as a young English boy in Southeast Asia who adopts a baby tiger in Two Brothers.
Home Video Extra Features
Blu-ray Notes: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Release Date: 4 October 2011
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory releases on Blu-ray with the following bonus extras:
- In-Movie Experience viewing option with Tim Burton
- Under the Wrapper
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Sweet Sounds
- Attack of the Squirrels
- Becoming Oompa-Loompa
- Fantastic Mr. Dahl
- Commentary with Burton
- Two previsualizations - Augustus Gloop dance and Mike Teavee dance
- Dolby TrueHD music-only track
- European club reel
- Theatrical trailer
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Chocolate Dreams
- Designer Chocolate
- Different Faces, Different Flavors
DVD Notes: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Release Date: 8 November 2005
Warner Home Video presents Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in two flavors: the Wide Screen Edition and the 2 Disc Deluxe Edition. If you choose the lean version, the only bonus sprinkles you’ll enjoy are a featurette called Becoming Oompa-Loompa (that will explain the mysterious process filmmakers used to turn one man into thousands of Oompa-Loompas) and the Oomp-Loompa Dance Machine Challenge.
Should you decide to indulge in the decadent 2-disc version, you’ll receive the aforementioned confections plus the documentaries: The Fantastic Mr. Dahl (where you’ll learn about the author’s life story and extraordinary body of work), Attack of the Squirrels (an insight on how live squirrels were trained to perform in the film) and five other making-of featurettes. Challenge activities are topped with The Inventing Machine, The Bad Nut, and Search for the Golden Ticket, and garnished with a package of 5 limited-edition trading cards.
Both editions come with Dolby Digital 5.1 EX audio tracks in English, Spanish and French, with subtitles in English, Spanish and French.
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
