Roald Dahl's The Witches
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.
Critics Sentiment
The mice learn Daisy was once a human girl named Mary
Anne Hathaway's Grand High Witch enters the ballroom for the meeting
The film drops significantly when Anne Hathaway's Grand High Witch makes her entrance, with her widely criticized performance dragging down what had been a reasonably well-received opening act.
The 2020 remake of The Witches starts with moderate promise thanks to Octavia Spencer's warm performance and some original touches to the opening, but quickly deteriorates once Anne Hathaway's heavily criticized Grand High Witch takes center stage. While technically competent, the film suffers from over-reliance on inferior CGI effects and lacks the creepiness and charm of its predecessor, resulting in a mediocre family film that fails to justify its existence as a remake.
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Anne Hathaway
Grand High Witch
Octavia Spencer
Grandma
Stanley Tucci
Mr. Stringer
Jahzir Bruno
Hero Boy
Chris Rock
Older Hero (voice)
Codie-Lei Eastick
Bruno Jenkins
Kristin Chenoweth
Daisy / Mary (voice)
Charles Edwards
Mr. Jenkins
Morgana Robinson
Mrs. Jenkins
Brian Bovell
Reginald
Josette Simon
Zelda
Eugenia Caruso
Consuella
Ana Maria Maskell
Esmerelda
Amber Flanagan
Esmeralda
Eurydice El-Etr
Samantha
Orla O'Rourke
Saoirse
Penny Lisle
Lana
Dempsey Bovell
Jesup
Jonathan Livingstone
Raymond
Paul Leonard
Maitre'D - Luther
Crew
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