The brilliance of this really surprised me. Familiar with Roald Dahl, I had not read this particular book. The production did a terrific job of capturing the kind of quirky, oddball style of Dahl's works. A short film (40 minutes) with an amazing cast (start with Ben Kingsley, add in Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and more) and you have something very (very, very) watchable. It has meaning, message, humor. It is fresh. It is surprising. It is totally worthwhile (and it won an Oscar). Watch it. And then, maybe, watch it again ...
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