‘Wonka’ Review: Whimsy in Need of a Wilder Willy

Willy Wonka is funny and sinister. Timothée Chalamet is neither funny nor sinister. Moreover, when he steps up to sing, he makes Gene Wilder sound like Frank Sinatra . He’s an odd choice to play the aspiring choco-tycoon in the musical origin story “Wonka.” Fortunately, superior talents around him…

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