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4.5
Overall, The Witches is a great new reimagined story based on Roald Dahls classic 1983 childrens book.
But Why Tho? A Geek Commun ..
3.5
The actress puts up quite an animated yet spirited performance that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s spookily exciting and delectably dark.
4.5
This entertaining new version is much truer in tone to the book, where the line separating the silly and the sinister is often blurred.
Herald Sun
1.5
When shes not writing, shes searching for Mothman with her two cats.
Film School Rejects
4.5
There arent many answers per se, but its a worthy topic and not an issue thats going away anytime soon.
Stuff
4.5
Alas, this slick film doesnt have anything much to say about either decision.
Concrete Play Ground
1.5
According to the 30 year cycle theory of popular culture, anything in the zeitgeist of 1990 should be coming around again, right... about... now!
National Post
1.5
Dahl demands some darkness and edge, but instead theres a bright Hollywood y antic sense, and the overused and unconvincing FX only serves to further ..
Original Cin
4.5
I know thats a low bar, but by Sandlers usual standards its quite an achievement.
Alternative Lens
2.0
Unfortunately, without the books relative poignancy,is just another airy, ephemeral kid movie dump thatll be forgotten before Thanksgiving.
Houston Press
1.5
As the whimsy comes in different forms in this picture, it distinctly separates itself from the earlier adaptation.
Digital Journal
4.5
At its worst, however, The Witches feels awfully saccharine and twee.
4.5
Robert Zemeckis never tries to make the slight story anything more than what it is, hitting the high points from the book with the gusto they deserve.
CultureMap
1.5
Audiences have understandably not taken kindly to the filmmakers artistic licence.
Exclaim!
1.5
But whenever theres a break in the action or when Anne Hathaway isnt on screen, The Witches can get pretty dull.
1.5
The most disturbing thing about the Grand High Witch remains Hathaways haphazard performance, which seems like shes trying something new in every scen ..
Deep Focus Review
1.5
I cant even tell what Zemeckis was getting at. This is not scary, not silly, not topical. Least of all entertaining.
Critically Ac Claimed
4.5
Dodgy CGI aside, The Witches is a colorful, cartoonish treat for the whole family that boasts a never been campier Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Wit ..
Horror Queers Podcast
4.5
Nonetheless, this is a wickedly funny and stylish take on a childrens classic that conjures family fun with a typically dark Roald Dahl edge.
City Am
1.5
As its own stand alone work, there isnt anything particularly special about Zemeckis The Witches.
Miami New Times
4.5
Despite all, theres delight in the wonderful 60s costumes and art design and in Spencers dignified strength and warmth.
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