The reviews are in for Wonka, the Timothée Chalamet-led prequel exploring the backstory of everyone's favourite eccentric chocolate pedlar. It seems the family musical is a hit, with critics praising Chalamet's charming performance in particular. Not quite as popular is the bizarrely Photoshopped new poster for the film.
The new one-sheet shows Chalamet's Wonka appearing to be sitting down. But Twitter (sorry, X) users have pointed out that it's clearly a photo taken of him standing up, with seated legs retrospectively added. And, yeah, it's pretty hard to unsee. One of the best print ads of all time, this ain't.
My one comment on Wonka for now is that they very clearly took a photo of him standing up and put "sitting down" legs under the coat in the poster and it looks insane. pic.twitter.com/I1f4bQEg43December 1, 2023
Look at it with that context in mind, and poor old Timothée does begin to look very long in the torso. Or the legs look too small. One way or the other, it's all a bit (Willy) wonky.
it’s incredibly funny there is a massive billboard on the side of a building by my house of timothee chalamet for wonka but it’s so clear the photo was shot standing and they photoshopped his legs to make it look like he was sittingNovember 27, 2023
Indeed, it seems that when today's movie posters aren't busy all looking the same, they're often littered with weird Photoshop. For some of the most egregious examples, take a look at our roundup of the worst movie posters of 2023 so far.
