Wonka: “Pure Imagination”
You really thought there’d be a Paul King movie where we didn’t cry? Wonka’s fun musical origin story takes off with Timothée Chalmet providing his own endearing take on the confectionary genius. The build to the moment where he sings “Pure Imagination” is teased throughout the film, with the main refrain embedded in the score like a thought just about to take full form. The pull at your heartstrings begins as he discovers the golden ticket his mother left him in his last chocolate bar from her. And then he turns to his best friend Noodle, singing “Come with me… and you’ll be…” as he leads her to find her own mother. There’s not a dry eye in the house because honestly, the context it’s presented in is so unexpectedly perfect, beautiful and fulfilling.
