The Witches (2020) (original) (raw)

Based on Roald Dahl's 1983 classic book 'The Witches', the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches!

Based on Roald Dahl's 1983 classic book 'The Witches', the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches! (less)

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, Guillermo del Toro, Roald Dahl
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Jahzir Bruno, Codie-Lei Eastick, Kristin Chenoweth
Narrator: Chris Rock
Producer: Robert Zemeckis

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Review by Brian Orndorf, October 22, 2020

8 / 10

This isn�t the first trip to the screen for Roald Dahl�s 1983 book, �The Witches.� In 1990, director Nicolas Roeg and co-producer Jim Henson had their way with the source material, combing nutty Euro filmmaking sensibilities with glorious Henson-y practical magic for their take on evildoing inside a luxury hotel, with mice making life difficult for dangerous witches. It was a very strange adaptation of a very strange book, and now 30 years later director Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Guillermo del Toro try their luck with a second adaptation, and one that�s strictly CGI-heavy in execution. Whi ...read more...

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