Roald Dahl's The Witches

2020 • 104 minutter

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Genoplev Roald Dahls elskede historie, der er blevet genfortolket til et moderne publikum. Robert Zemeckis' visuelt innovative THE WITCHES fortæller den humoristiske og varme fortælling om den forældreløse dreng (Bruno), der i slutningen af 1967 flytter ind hos sin kærlige bedstemor (Spencer) i den lille landsby Demopolis i Alabama. Drengen og bedstemoren møder en flok glamourøse hekse, der viser sig at være direkte djævelske, hvilket får bedstemoren til at flygte til et feriested ved vandet med vores unge helt. Desværre ankommer de samtidig med den øverste hekseleder (Hathaway), der har samlet alle verdens hekse til at hjælpe hende med at udføre en skummel plan.

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Nothing to do with the cost.... I'm sorry to say this was terrible. "Intro" before they get to the hotel too long, depressing and boring. In my opinion it's not suitable for little children. I think AH is a great actress but she's really bad in this, the accent ruins all dialog. The story is then rushed at the end. Sorry but it's just not worth watching, don't waist your money.

A fresh, yet faithful, adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic; The Witches 2020 succeeds in casting a charming spell over its audience. This is a story about the struggle of an orphaned boy and his grandma against a secret and dark world order controlled by witches. A much loved 1983 novel of the same name and a 1990 film, Robert Zemeckis, director, had a lot to live up to. But the Back To The Future director pulls it off in style with outstanding performances and special effects to match

SPOILERS Black representation means nothing if studios still continue to roll out tired black stereotypes. The witches in this movie only target poor black children. Octavio plays another Mammy character, she religious but also does Voodoo, she loves fried chicken. Now I know why my friends parents keep apologising about the chicken at dinner time, clearly been watching stuff like this. Most reviewers ignored these tired troupes , but choose to focus interpretation of the witches limbs.