And, though the pace eventually flags, Dahl’s wry wit continues to shine through in flashes. This involves New Age elements like crystals and burning sage, but also the use of water from Lourdes - which she characterizes as “the most powerful healing water there is.” Thus, despite the obviously fanciful nature of the plot, parents may feel the need to reinforce for youthful viewers the sharp dividing line between superstition and necromancy on the one hand and faith on the other.īetween the relish with which Rock approaches his task and Spencer’s commanding presence, things get off to a rollicking start. Yet she is also a practitioner of what might be called counter-magic. Spencer’s character is not only a churchgoer but uses her trust in divine providence to convince her grandson that God had a mysterious purpose in allowing tragedy to befall them both. So, aided by two kids who had already been subjected to this transformation (voices of Kristin Chenoweth and Codie-Lei Eastick), he and his guardian set out to thwart the nefarious plan. Fleeing her, they unwittingly fell from the frying pan into the fire by taking refuge in a luxurious resort hotel where, as it happened, a global coven of sorceresses was being held.Īccidentally present at a meeting of this assembly, the boy discovered that the world’s Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) had hatched a scheme to turn vast numbers of children into mice. No sooner had Grandma succeeded in assuaging his initially paralyzing grief, however, than the duo faced a new problem when the lad drew the unwanted attention of a witch (Josette Simon). He recounts how, as a boy (Jahzir Bruno), he was orphaned in a car accident and went to live with his loving maternal grandmother (Octavia Spencer). Zemeckis and his script collaborators Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro move the setting from Europe to late-1960s Alabama and guide the audience into the story via reminiscences of his childhood by unnamed narrator Chris Rock. But director and co-writer Robert Zemeckis’ dark comic fantasy is too intense for little kids while older ones may need guidance in sorting through a central characters’ combination of wise Christian faith and white sorcery. Problematic elements are mostly absent in this version. Stream Roald Dahl’s The Witches exclusively on HBO Max on October 22nd, 2020.NEW YORK (CNS) - Roald Dahl’s eponymous 1983 novel, first brought to the big screen in a 1990 film helmed by Nicolas Roeg, gets a spirited second adaptation with “The Witches” (HBO Max). Pictures’ fantasy adventure “THE WITCHES,” a Warner Bros. Pictures The three mice, Bruno, Daisy and Hero Boy in Warner Bros.
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Photo by Daniel Smith ANNE HATHAWAY as Grand High Witch and STANLEY TUCCI as Mr. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “ROALD DAHL’S THE WITCHES,” a Warner Bros. Pictures JAHZIR BRUNO as Hero Boy and OCTAVIA SPENCER as Grandma and STANLEY TUCCI as Mr.
Stringer and OCTAVIA SPENCER as Grandma in Warner Bros. Pictures OCTAVIA SPENCER as Grandma in Warner Bros. JAHZIR BRUNO as Hero Boy and OCTAVIA SPENCER as Grandma in Warner Bros. This marks one of the very first exclusive films on the new streaming site that launched in late May of this year. This adaptation of Witches will stand alongside an audio reading, a stage play, a radio dramatization, an opera, and a 1990 film with Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson. The film will be released exclusively on HBO Max on October 22nd, just in time for Halloween. The film also stars Stanley Tucci as a hotel manager unwittingly hosting the witches’ convention, Kristin Chenoweth, and Chris Rock as the adult narration of Bruno’s young boy. With the help of his tough-but-loving grandmother ( Octavia Spencer), they must try to stop their evil plan to turn all the world’s children into mice. Roald Dahl’s The Witches spins a yarn about a young boy ( Jahzir Bruno) who stumbles on a secret coven of witches led by the sly and menacing Grand High Witch ( Anne Hathaway).
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