The Witches

    The Witches
    1990

    Synopsis

    A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

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    Cast

    • Jasen FisherLuke Eveshim
    • Mai ZetterlingHelga Eveshim
    • Anjelica HustonMiss Eva Ernst
    • Charlie PotterBruno Jenkins
    • Rowan AtkinsonMr Stringer
    • Bill PatersonMr Jenkins
    • Brenda BlethynMrs Jenkins
    • Jane HorrocksMiss Irvine
    • Nora ConnollyBeatrice
    • Rose EnglishDora

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Entertainment Weekly

      The wit is highly sophisticated, but there’s also action, suspense, adventure — to say nothing of the spectacular visual effects produced by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
    • 100

      The Seattle Times

      Magical, sinister and prankish, The Witches is a triumph.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      Unlike many “adult” moviemakers, Henson believed his core audience capable of appreciating wit, irony, topical humor, idealism, intense emotion and bemused reflections on real life and all its complexity. All these, and more, are present in The Witches.
    • 80

      Washington Post

      In this extended good time of a fairy tale, there's something for everyone.
    • 75

      Chicago Reader

      One of many clear advantages this funny and scary 1989 fantasy-adventure has over most Disney products is its live-action visual bravado, evident in both the stylization of the witches and the profusion of mouse-point-of-view shots.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      An intriguing movie, ambitious and inventive, and almost worth seeing just for Anjelica Huston's obvious delight in playing a completely uncompromised villainess.
    • 75

      Washington Post

      The Witches is a wickedly funny final bow for Muppeteer Jim Henson.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      The scenes of magic and mayhem are peppered with sly surprises, and Anjelica Huston plays the wildest wicked witch since Dorothy got back from Oz.

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