The Witches (2020 movie)

The Witches
Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay by	Robert Zemeckis Kenya Barris Guillermo del Toro
Based on	The Witches by Roald Dahl
Produced by	Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Luke Kelly
Starring	Anne Hathaway Octavia Spencer Stanley Tucci
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Jeremiah O'Driscoll Ryan Chan
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production companies	Warner Bros. Pictures ImageMovers Necropia Entertainment Esperanto Filmoj Double Dare You Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22) (United States) October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29) (Mexico)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	United States Mexico
Language	English

Roald Dahl's The Witches (also known as The Witches) is a 2020 dark fantasy comedy movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, and Guillermo del Toro. It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl and is the second feature-length adaptation of the novel, following the 1990 movie of the same name. The movie stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci, and is narrated by Chris Rock.

The Witches was made available on HBO Max in the United States on October 22, 2020. It received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

A boy named Charlie moves in with his grandmother, Agatha, after the death of his parents. While at the shop, he encounters a strange lady. Agatha tells him that the lady is a witch. Agatha tells Charlie that witches hate children and that they disguise themselves as normal women.

They go to a hotel to get away from the witch. Agatha gives Charlie a pet mouse named Daisy. He hides in the hotel ballroom so he can train her in secret. However, a group of women enter so Charlie hides under the stage. It is revealed that the women are witches and they are having their annual meeting.

The Grand High Witch introduces her new potion which transforms children into mice. She demonstrates it on a boy named Bruno Jenkins. The witches also find Charlie and turn him into a mouse. Charlie and Bruno are rescued by Daisy, who is revealed to have also been a child-turned-mouse. The mice escape back to Agatha.

Charlie steals the potion from the Grand High Witch's hotel room and puts it in the witches' soup at dinner. All of the witches become mice. Agatha and the three mice fight the Grand High Witch in her hotel room and catapult the potion into her mouth. She becomes a mouse. A few years later, Charlie and Agatha are teaching children how to avoid witches.

Cast

• Jahzir Bruno as Charlie Hansen
• Octavia Spencer as Agatha Hansen (the grandmother)
• Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch
• Codie-Lei Eastick as Bruno Jenkins
• Stanley Tucci as Mr Stringer (hotel manager)
• Kristin Chenoweth as Daisy
• Charles Edwards as Mr Jenkins
• Morgana Robinson as Mrs Jenkins
• Josette Simons as Zelda (a witch)

Release dates

Country	Premiere
Canada	22 October 2020 (internet)
United States	22 October 2020 (internet)
United Kingdom	26 October 2020 (internet)
Italy	28 October 2020 (internet)
Switzerland	29 October 2020 (German speaking region)
Germany	29 October 2020
Denmark	29 October 2020
Mexico	29 October 2020
Portugal	29 October 2020
Russia	29 October 2020
Estonia	30 October 2020
Spain	30 October 2020
Lithuania	30 October 2020
Hungary	5 November 2020
Singapore	5 November 2020
Taiwan	5 November 2020
Uruguay	5 November 2020
France	18 November 2020
Netherlands	18 November 2020
Brazil	19 November 2020
Sweden	27 November 2020
Iceland	4 December 2020
Japan	4 December 2020
Australia	10 December 2020
Finland	11 December 2020
Argentina	14 January 2021