The children's faces (except Charlie's) were digitally "airbrused" to look too perfectly smooth. They're real actors. Poser isn't used for Hollywood films. However, I just saw an animated video piece at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, clearly done in Poser, that had me laughing out loud. It featured a bunch of untextured Victoria 3's jumping up and down. I exclaimed aloud "Naked Vicky in a Museum with a Clone" to my friend, which got some weird looks from other patrons. The piece didn't appear to have much of a context, but it was funny to finally see Poser work in a respected museum. I don't care much for Tim Burton as a director. Evidently I'm the only person on earth who doesn't worship everything he does. I think he's guy with great ideas that end up suffering from mediocre execution. IMO his best movie was "Pee Wee's Big Adventure," which succeeded largely due to the talents of Paul Rubens; Pee-Wee Hermann was still fresh at the time. The "Wonka" redux isn't all bad, but pales by comparison to the first version, even if this one is generally closer to the book. I very much enjoyed Depp's weird character and great acting, but to me, it's just not Wonka. Neither was I blown away by the art direction, unlike many critics. The opening title sequence was atrocious. I thought that the man who played Charlie's grandad was especially good, though, and the young man who played Charlie was fine. Best new movie I've seen so far this year was "Rize." Sorry, no CGI. :-)