Wonka: Some powerful faith conversations lurk in this musical extravaganza

What I Liked:

What happens if you take the wit and charm of Simon Farnaby and Paul King, stir it in with the panache of King’s visually rich directing and top it all off with a sprinkling of musical numbers to elevate the sweet notes? You get this film.

Yes, the creative team behind the two highly successful Paddington films have taken Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka and given him a backstory you didn’t know you needed but won’t complain now you’ve got it.

It’s a classic Hollywood musical, big song and dance numbers that come thick and fast (way more songs than I was expecting, but each one a delight). The numbers are beautifully realised both lyrically and visually. There are moments when it feels as though you are reading a Roald Dahl novel, the words are so beautifully woven together to give you that nostalgic mixture of nonsense and genius.