Wonka (2023) 🚨SPOILER WARNING🚨Review LIVE | Movies Merica | 12.21.23

The Wonka candy empire had to start somewhere and someone decided to make a prequel to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to tell the origin tale.

That someone is director Paul King, who also directed the Paddington movies.

Timothee Chalamet, from the Dune movies, stars as the young Willy Wonka who arrives at an unnamed town to open up a chocolate shop.

He soon finds out that it isn’t going to be that easy thanks to the Chocolate Cartel.

They don’t want any competition and they spring the Chief of Police on the young, naive Wonka.

Lows and highs, twists and turns proceed in this movie also starring Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa, Keegan Michael-Key as the Chief of Police and Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Mrs. Scrubbit.

Not sure whether this movie will be a tasty treat or a big bowl of rotten lettuce?

Check out this spoiler warning review to clear up that mystery.

Wonka also stars Tom Davis, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Calah Lane, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Jim Carter and Rakhee Thakrar.