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Roald Dahl's The Witches

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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 -- under cover -- to carry out her nefarious plans.
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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) The Witches is enormous fun, bringing new life to an old story Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 18, 2020 Full Review David Stratton The Australian 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... Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 16, 2020 Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) 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. Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 10, 2020 Full Review Francesca Steele iNews.co.uk Robert Zemeckis’s new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story is slick and dull. Rated: 2/5 Dec 10, 2024 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net 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. Rated: 3/5 Jul 13, 2024 Full Review LaNeysha Campbell But Why Tho? A Geek Community The Witches is a great new reimagined story based on Roald Dahl’s classic 1983 children’s book. The film has just the right amount of campy and creepy. Rated: 9/10 Jan 16, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kashgar A 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 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review A R I made an account to tell you how terrible this movie is. The original is a way better production. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, e a caracterização das bruxas é horrível. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/25 Full Review J F Great, fun story. Anna Hathaway was terrible though. Poor acting and even worse accent. She should have left that horrible accent home. The movie n story overall in spite is fun with great scenes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/23/25 Full Review Audience Member I don't know what I'd expected for this but certainly wasn't what I got. I mean I got Anne Hathaway acting great as always but other than that, nothin... even the cat had more potential Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Audience Member Sakto lang. Nakakagulat lang na direktor pala nito e si Robert Zemekis at producer naman si Guillermo Del Toro. Nakakagulat dahil dalawang bigating tao na kilala sa mga de kalibreng pelikula pero parang kinulang o minadali tong remake na to. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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 -- under cover -- 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)
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