If ever a movie (or book) offered an unprecedented wealth of quirky content ripe for translation into the virtual reality of videogame fun, it's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Unfortunately, this take on the obvious gimme is squandered, stomped on and made laughable in all the wrong ways.

None of the childlike wonder of exploring a fantastical, magical candy-laden land of morality tales is present here; it's a bare-bones game of janitorial duties with a kid named Charlie hopping around, collecting non-descript hunks of candy and otherwise (mis)managing teams of low-IQ grunts that only look like those creepy Oompa Loompas we've all come to know and shy away from, lovingly, by trying to inflict repetitive stress disorder on them all.

Though geared for kids, it certainly wasn't developed with them in mind. Controls are sloppy, objectives are vague, camera work is sluggish and graphics are insulting considering the palette of visual splendor the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie offers as a model.

Darn shame.