“Wonka,” a sugary prequel to Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” delivers not so much a world of pure imagination as a land of constant cuteness.

Wonka, who also wears a long purple coat, lands in an imaginary London, where he encounters two villains: Mrs. Scrubbit (Olivia Colman), the decidedly Dickensian sadist who runs a boarding house ...

‘Wonka’: Who can take a prequel, ... Wonka become fast friends, and they plot to not only help their fellow laundry workers escape, but to bring down both Mrs. Scrubbit and Big Chocolate.

Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet as the titular candy mogul, is a much brighter story than Roald Dahl's original telling. But its sunny salute to dreaming your dreams has a charm all its own.

He soon encounters hurdles in the form of a cartel and a hotelier, Mrs. Scrubbit (Olivia Colman), ... Wonka Rated PG for refined sugar. Running time: 1 hour 56 minutes. In theaters.

A corrupt police chief (Keegan-Michael Key) tricks Wonka into servitude in an underground laundry owned by the conniving Mrs. Scrubbit (Oscar winner Olivia Colman hamming it hilariously to the ...

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Nonetheless, King said, "They feel to me the most Roald Dahl-y bit of [Wonka].They're so irredeemably awful, and [Dahl] wrote such great ghastly couples throughout his career.

To regain his freedom, Wonka hatches a plan — he will sell his chocolate, enlisting the help of an orphan named Noodle (Calah Lane) and several other of Mrs. Scrubitt’s captive guests. Minor and major ...

It's Wonka against the chocolate cartel and the corrupt police — headed by Keegan-Michael Key —along with a couple of criminal landlord launderers, Mrs. Scrubbit and Bleacher.

Wonka immediately winds up broke in this costly metropolis and, consequently, is tricked by mustached goliath Bleacher (Tom Davis) into signing a contract with his partner, dastardly Mrs. Scrubbit ...