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‘Wonka’ Is an Everlasting Gobstopper of Exasperating Ridiculousness

IMPURE IMAGINATION

Everything about the new musical origin story starring Timothée Chalamet is derivative and cloying.

Nick Schager
Nick Schager 

Entertainment Critic

An photo including Timothee Chalamet in the film Wonka
Warner Bros.
Nick Schager

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

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