Roald Dahl's The Witches

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Roald Dahl's The Witches

PG

2020

1h 45m

Fantasy

Adventure

Comedy

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In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe -- undercover -- to carry out her nefarious plans.

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Critics Consensus

The Witches misses a few spells, but Anne Hathaway's game performance might be enough to bewitch fans of this Roald Dahl tale.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

ABC Radio (Australia)

12/18/2020

3.5/5

The Witches is enormous fun, bringing new life to an old story

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David Stratton

The Australian

12/16/2020

3.5/5

With Stanley Tucci very amusing as the hotel manager and Spencer giving a wonderfully warm performance, the film is never less than engaging. The visual effects, some of them created in Melbourne, are excellent...

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

12/10/2020

2.5/5

Who could improve on the regal fury of Anjelica Huston?... Certainly not Anne Hathaway, whose performance in this remake, by comparison, has more than a tinge of the high school drama club.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Oct 28

3/5

…Anne Hathaway does well, as does Octavia Spencer, but the comedy shrinks as the scale of the action increases, and this slick version of Roald Dahl's The Witches somehow lacks the magic of the original prose, or Quentin Blake’s beloved illustrations….

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

12/10/2024

2/5

Robert Zemeckis’s new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story is slick and dull.

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Joonatan Itkonen

Region Free

07/13/2024

3/5

It’s not a classic for all ages, and Zemeckis has undoubtedly been better, but for fans of the book and the director, there are certainly far worse options out there.

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Nicolas Rodrigues L

@Nick.633 Jan 6

"The film The Witches (2020) starts off well; however, the protagonist has no action. Only after he turns into a mouse does anything happen. The grandmother does not seem like a grandmother, the witches do not look like normal women (as described in the book), the Grand High Witch does not stand out from the others (which she should, since she is the queen of them all), the little boy’s encounter with the witches in the grocery store is terrible because the woman does not look normal or convincing at all, the manager is dull, too much CGI was used and things ended up feeling unrealistic. I do not recommend it."

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Anne K

@Anne1975 Dec 30

The film isn't bad, but I find it a shame that there's so much dei in this film. Good is black and bad is white. Typical for a remake in 2020 of a book that's already been filmed.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 30

Success in 1.75 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG for Scary Images/Moments, Language and Thematic Elements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gegham G.

@GGSSVV1 Oct 22

It said it is for free, but asks for money to watch and only shows trailer

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Kashgar A

@AllFunAndGames Aug 30

True to the ending of the book and with Ann Hathaway doing a wonderful job as the Grand High Witch, this movie is loads of fun. Just maybe don’t watch it with the kiddies

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A R

@RT46405623 Aug 28

I made an account to tell you how terrible this movie is. The original is a way better production.

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Synopsis

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe -- undercover -- to carry out her nefarious plans.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Luke Kelly
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, Guillermo del Toro
Production Co: Necropia Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company, Warner Bros., Esperanto Filmoj, ImageMovers, Double Dare You
Rating: PG (Scary Images/Moments|Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2020
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)