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Roald Dahl's The Witches

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Roald Dahl's The Witches

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Fantasy starring Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer. After going to live with his grandma, young orphan Charlie is almost ensnared by a witch on the streets of Alabama. In an effort to protect him, Grandma takes Charlie to stay at a seaside hotel, unaware that a witch's convention is also booked in, and the Grand High Witch herself is in attendance.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

A young boy tussles with child-hating witches in this CGI-assisted take on Roald Dahl's classic tale, previously filmed in 1990 by Nicolas Roeg. Setting the action in 1968, director Robert Zemeckis and co-screenwriter Guillermo Del Toro oversee the story of an African-American schoolboy and his kindly grandma (a marvellous Octavia Spencer), who visit a swanky seaside hotel, unaware that witches are in attendance and posing as a child welfare charity organisation. While Anne Hathaway struggles somewhat to match Anjelica Huston's iconic portrayal of the Grand High Witch in Roeg's film, the digital effects make her and her acolytes even more of a threat. That does mean the film is possibly too intense for younger viewers, but grown-ups should relish Stanley Tucci's witty turn as the hassled hotel manager and, while the ending stumbles slightly, this is overall a grandly entertaining affair.

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Cast

rolenameGrand High WitchAnne HathawayGrandmaOctavia SpencerHero BoyJahzir Kadeem BrunoMr StringerStanley TucciOlder Hero MouseChris RockZeldaJosette SimonReginaldBrian BovellMr JenkinsCharles EdwardsMrs JenkinsMorgana Robinson

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rolenameDirectorRobert Zemeckis

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Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2020-10-26

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing

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