Hugh grant's oompa loompa cameo is praised for. During the late nineteenth century, young william willy wonka is an american amateur chef, magician, scientist, and traveler who loves chocolate and aspires to open his own candy store. A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five.
As much as there's lavish production design and a light and bouncy script, wonka lives and dies by timothee chalamet's performance willy wonka. I think from that perspective, wonka triumphs in taking the audience on a journey that should delight the younger members of the family and keep the less judgmental adults entertained. With gene wilder, jack albertson, peter ostrum, roy kinnear.
Willy wonka & the chocolate factory: