Bob Mondello shares his thoughts on Timothee Chalamet's rendition of a young Willy Wonka in the new prequel to the Roald Dahl film classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And now ...

Before there was Elf on a Shelf, looking down on children to punish the bad and reward the good, there was Willy Wonka. In the novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and in the film Willy Wonka ...

Timothee Chalamet rolls out the charm offensive to play a young version of Willy Wonka. His fresh-faced candy man is not at all sour. Instead, he's a bit too sweet and desperately in need of a ...

I’m a wreck.” “Wonka” is about to become many people’s “grab a tissue” movie. In the fantasy musical, a young Willy Wonka (Chalamet) moves to the big city to open his own chocolate ...

It is difficult — nay, impossible — to imagine that the Willy Wonka of the prequel “Wonka,” a simperingly sweet musical origin story starring Timothée Chalamet as the aspiring chocolatier ...

However, it’s a shame that in this origin story the viewer doesn’t leave with any deepened understanding of who Willy is. I certainly don’t now know why a cold Wonka will years later let ...

Younger, sweeter and significantly less weird than his prior screen incarnations, the latest Willy Wonka — played by Timothée Chalamet — sets off on his adventure with a dream and a smile.