It's a new origin story for Willy. He carries the same sense of whimsy and utter self-confidence as Gene Wilder, but without the edge of no-fucks-to-give danger appropriate to an older man. It has more references to the Wilder version than I can count, and probably many more than that that I didn't notice, but it's never heavy-handed fanservice.

I didn't notice any references to the Johnny Depp version, and didn't miss them. I haven't read the book, so can't say how heavily it drew on that.

The tone was light, but with genuine stakes. The music was good, though I don't think anything that will have the staying power of "World of Pure Imagination".

Definitely worth the couple hours.

I saw something online that I completely agree with: You can't talk about why Gene Wilder's Wonka was so good without acknowledging that you really believed he was ready to let each of those kids die without a second thought.

Depp's might have been a more off-putting character, but he was more childlike, almost a version of Edward Scissorhands. He wanted to be liked, but didn't know how to people.