Witches are real!
| Cast |
Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock |
| Director |
Robert Zemeckis |
| Screenplay | Robert Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, Guillermo Del Toro, from the book by Roald Dahl |
| Music | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Editing | Ryan Chan, Jeremiah O'Driscoll |
| Soundtrack | Listen to samples or get it right now on Amazon Affiliate link |
| SA distributor | Empire Entertainment |
| Made in | 2020 |
| Produced by | Warner Bros., ImageMovers, Double Dare You, Esperanto Filmoj, Necropia Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company |
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| Genre | Adventure, comedy |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Contains scenes of horror. |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for scary images/moments, language and thematic elements |
| Runtime | 106 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance (General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children) | Mild threat, Scary scenes, Language |
| Runtime | 105 |
| British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 10 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 30 critics | 9 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 120 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  The Witches misses a few spells, but Anne Hathaway’s game performance might be enough to bewitch fans of this Roald Dahl tale. | 10 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 10 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Campy but creepy Dahl adaptation has lots of spooky stuff. | 15 |  |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 33 users | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 299 users | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 8 | |
| IMDB 5889 Netizens | 11 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 15 | |
Average .. 53% | 11 | |