Roald Dahl's The Witches
Witches are real!
2020 • 104 min • Comedy · Fantasy · Family · Horror
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 8- 60 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
- 63 Audience · 3014 · 35%
An orphaned boy living with his grandmother in 1960s Alabama stumbles upon a secret convention of glamorous, child-hating witches. When the Grand High Witch turns him into a mouse, he and his grandmother must find a way to stop her evil plan to transform all children into rodents.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 6/10
Heads up
- Witches are genuinely frightening
- Characters are transformed into mice
- Some moments of peril and suspense
What it models well
- Family love and protection
- Bravery in the face of evil
- Resourcefulness and wit
Talk about it after
- Judging by appearances
- Dealing with loss and grief
- The importance of courage
- Empathy for those who are different
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Top billed cast
Director: Robert Zemeckis • Crew: Robert Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, Guillermo del Toro
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedA thoroughly entertaining movie... way better than I was expecting after reading the reviews. I loved Ann Hathaway's portrayal of the Grand High Witch. She really threw herself into the role. Not really a kids movie, as it's a little dark... but definitely a good watch!
RecommendedUnlike what a lot of people seems to think about this movie I though it was a fairly decent family movie. It’s not great but decent enough. I quite enjoyed it at least. The story is what it is. It is a Roald Dahl story so it is somewhat dark but funny and with some light at the same time. Of course there are a bunch of whiners complaining that it is too dark and not suited for children.…
RecommendedIs a good movie for family. The end is unexpected and Anne Hatheway is always a good choice in distribution.
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersWhen you hear the names Robert Zemeckis, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron, you expect something visually engaging. These three names paired with Dahl's work could have been something really special, but this is just another bland adaption. The more you compare it to both the source material and previous adaptions, it comes across as bland and missing the mark.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersA lot was changed in this remake and I thought it would irk me. After about twenty minutes I thought I had been wrong, the opening had some originality and it seemed like something fresh. then they arrived at the Hotel and Anne Hathaway came on the scene like a wrecking ball. Any potential that this movie had was suffocated by Hathaways incredibly poor performance.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.3/10 (3,014)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $29,303,571
- IMDb
- tt0805647
- Official site
- www.warnerbros.com
