‘Wonka’ First Reactions Reward Timothée Chalamet as ‘Infinitely Charming,’ ‘Intoxicating’ and ‘Pitch-Good’
Timothée Chalamet’s highly-anticipated “Charlie and the Charlie Manufacturing facility” prequel musical “Wonka” has lastly been unveiled to critics and leisure journalists, and the primary reactions are calling it a “successful confection” and “an immediate vacation traditional.”
“Wonka,” directed by “Paddington” and “Paddington 2” filmmaker Paul King, casts Chalamet as a youthful iteration of the well-known chocolatier. The movie is about years earlier than Wonka opens his world-renowned chocolate manufacturing facility and follows the younger man as he fights to open his first store. The supporting forged consists of Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Matt Lucas, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman and Hugh Grant.
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Movie critic Courtney Howard wrote “Wonka” is “a successful confection, full of excellent quantities of appeal, whimsy & poignancy, powered by pure creativeness & brilliant, nimble musical numbers. Timothée Chalamet is a charisma manufacturing facility. His full committal is intoxicating. Hugh Grant in distinctive IDGAF mode.”
#Wonka/ #WonkaMovie is a successful confection, full of excellent quantities of appeal, whimsy & poignancy, powered by pure creativeness & brilliant, nimble musical numbers. Timothée Chalamet is a charisma manufacturing facility. His full committal is intoxicating. Hugh Grant in distinctive IDGAF mode. pic.twitter.com/vjKJqqY6ll
— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) November 28, 2023
Gizmodo senior reporter Germain Lussier heaped reward on Chalamet, calling him the rationale alone to see the movie. “He’s infinitely charming & a blast to observe,” Lussier wrote, though he added: “The film round him isn’t pretty much as good nevertheless it’s fulfilling. The story & tone struggle in opposition to one another leaving it a bit muddled. And but it’s full of pleasure & the songs are pleasant.”
Timothée Chalamet is purpose alone to see #WonkaMovie. He’s infinitely charming & a blast to observe.
The film round him isn’t pretty much as good nevertheless it’s fulfilling. The story & tone struggle in opposition to one another leaving it a bit muddled. And but it is full of pleasure & the songs are pleasant. pic.twitter.com/s1zlqtzIgv
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) November 28, 2023
“‘Wonka’ is an excellent charming delight powered by an distinctive & pitch-perfect efficiency from Timothée Chalamet,” wrote movie author Perri Nemiroff. “It could get fairly foolish and there’s a couple of plot factors which are a tad on the skinny aspect, however that couldn’t cease such an impossibly candy movie with a hefty & very efficient dose of sincerity from warming my coronary heart.”
#Wonka is an excellent charming delight powered by an distinctive & pitch-perfect efficiency from Timothée Chalamet. It could get fairly foolish and there’s a couple of plot factors which are a tad on the skinny aspect, however that couldn’t cease such an impossibly candy movie with a hefty & very… pic.twitter.com/1SLMmRPSGY
— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) November 28, 2023
Warner Bros. is behind “Wonka” and has lengthy needed to convey a prequel movie to the massive display screen. Experiences surfaced over time that Donald Glover, Ezra Miller and Ryan Gosling have been being courted to play a brand new model of Willy Wonka, nevertheless it was solely Timothée Chalamet who bought the provide for King’s musical. And Chalamet didn’t even need to audition. King told Rolling Stone earlier this yr that he was a Chalamet “stan” and thus knew the actor had the singing and dancing chops required to play Wonka.
“It was a straight provide as a result of he’s nice and he was the one particular person in my thoughts who might do it,” King stated. “However as a result of he’s Timothée Chalamet and his life is so absurd, his highschool musical performances are on YouTube and have lots of of hundreds of views. So I knew from stanning for Timmy Chalamet that he might sing and dance rather well.”
King continued, “I knew that was in his arsenal, however I didn’t know the way good he was. Once I spoke to him he was fairly eager. He’d achieved faucet dancing in highschool and he was like, ‘I’d fairly like to indicate individuals I can do this.’”
Chalamet responded to this news on the “Wonka” world premiere crimson carpet in London with laughter, saying, “That wasn’t solely what bought me the half. He additionally preferred the opposite motion pictures I did!”
“Wonka” opens in U.Okay. theaters on Dec. 8, adopted by its U.S. launch on Dec. 15. Take a look at extra first reactions under.
#WonkaMovie is unabashedly foolish, and a wonderfully charming household movie. Wonka’s world is brilliantly designed, capturing the marvel of his early years.
Embracing a unusual, heartwarming tone, Wonka is humorous and candy sufficient to beat any minor bumps within the highway. pic.twitter.com/WPCxA2r1A9
— Daniel Howat (@howatdk) November 28, 2023
#wonka is an immediate vacation traditional & a very magical time on the motion pictures 🥰 paul king’s whimsical fashion works as effectively right here because it did in paddington, each musical quantity enchants, & your complete ensemble takes turns stealing the present, led by an endlessly charming timothée chalamet. pic.twitter.com/O887KYp4CY
— Zoë Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) November 28, 2023
#Wonka cements Timothee Chalamet as one of many biggest up and coming actors. He is magnetic, pleasant & superbly walks the road between naivete & cleverness. The movie is full of appeal, pleasure & hope. It is an ideal vacation movie. It positively has the rewatchability issue😍 pic.twitter.com/lldKjVOphm
— Rosa Parra (@rosasreviews) November 28, 2023
#Wonka took me unexpectedly with how a lot I preferred it. It is whimsical and faucets into that sense of marvel we bought from the unique whereas doing its personal factor. Timothée Chalamet channels the vitality of Gene with out doing an impression. Nice household movie for the vacations. #WonkaMovie pic.twitter.com/qJKHYwnPMH
— Kaitlyn Sales space (@katiesmovies) November 28, 2023
Whereas Paul King’s #Wonka would not fairly attain the charming and beguiling heights of the Paddington motion pictures, it’s nonetheless a delightfully candy deal with. Timothée Chalamet’s titular dandy is endearing and enjoyable whereas Hugh Grant’s Oompa-Loompa steals each scene he’s in. #WonkaMovie pic.twitter.com/SRMSFcJ0Gy
— Simon Thompson (@ShowbizSimon) November 28, 2023
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