DVD REVIEW DVD REVIEW: 'Wonka' floats on Timothee Chalamet's goodness BRUCE R. MILLER Feb 17, 2024 Feb 17, 2024 Updated Feb 29, 2024 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Movie critic Bruce Miller says "Wonka,” the prequel to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” is just as delightful as the original. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Timothee Chalamet may not have the mischievous grin of Gene Wilder, but he makes a tasty candy man in “Wonka.”kAmx? E96 ?6H 7:=>[ 96’D ;FDE 86EE:?8 9:D DE2CE[ 56E6C>:?65 E@ 364@>6 @?6 @7 E96 3:8 49@4@=2E:6CD] ~E96CD[ E9@F89[ 2C6 6286C E@ E2<6 9:> 5@H?] %96J 92G6 2 4@C?6C @? E96 >2C<6E 2?5 5@?’E H2?E E9:D >2? H9@ 42? >2<6 A6@A=6 7=J 4FEE:?8 :? @? E96:C 3FD:?6DD]k^AmkAm%96J 4@?DA:C6 2?5[ D@@?[ :E’D 2 32EE=6 36EH66? 8@@5 2?5 6G:=]k^AmkAms:C64E@C !2F= z:?8 5@6D?’E DA2C6 2 DAC:?<=6 :? E6==:?8 E96 DE@CJ] w:D D6ED 2C6 >28:42= W>@C6 >28:42= E92? 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Movies in a Minute: "Wonka" Movie critic Bruce Miller says "Wonka,” the prequel to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” is just as delightful as the original.
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