Roald Dahl's The Witches

About 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.

Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020) is a comedy fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis. Anne Hathaway takes the lead as Grand High Witch, Octavia Spencer as Grandma, Stanley Tucci as Mr. Stringer, and Jahzir Bruno as Hero Boy.

Released in October 2020, it runs 104 minutes. Written by Guillermo del Toro and Kenya Barris. It comes from Esperanto Filmoj, ImageMovers, and The Roald Dahl Story Company. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under based on children's book, orphan, transformation, and car crash. It scores 6.3 out of 10 from 3,050 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

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