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Release Date: 03 February, 2004 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
The Witches Reviews
The Witches
This is a great movie and it is one of my daughters favorite. I know once we get the movie it will be fine. For now. I ordered this product in July and it is not to arrive until sometime in Sept. any where from the 1st to the 28th of Sept.
Forerunner of Stuart Little?
I loved The Witches as a child, although if I remember correctly, I wasn't so keen on the book. Strange that. I had it taped off the TV (how far we've come), and it must have been about 10 years since I last saw it, when I spotted it on DVD. I barely remembered any of it by this time, but as soon as I put it in the DVD player, I remembered it as it happened on screen. And the little girl, Erica, disappearing at the start of the film, only to appear in a painting, still gives me the chills to this day.
I was quite shocked when watching the start credits, to discover Jim Henson had a hand in this. It made me look forward to it even more, especially since it was one of the last films he had a hand in, but I was disappointed to find it wasn't that impressive. A couple of mice here & there. And obviously there was Angelica Houston's transformation from plastic surgery beauty, to haggard witch. WOW! What a transformation. I was definitely scared watching the transformation as that was the bit I didn't remember. And the rest of the witches - did anyone else think they looked a bit dodgy, because they were really men in drag?!?! Hehe. You can definitely spot it on a couple of the witches, but some of them were scarily feminine.
I haven't seen a lot of the Roald Dahl adaptations, only this, Matilda and I think that's it. Apparently, he wasn't impressed with the ending, as they changed it slightly from the book. Frankly, I would have been happy if they'd stayed with the book's ending. The ending they went for just didn't click.
Stuart Little obviously got a few ideas from this film, if you've seen both you'll really notice it. However, this is far superior to Stuart Little, since I hated that!
This is definitely the film which will make all your childhood nightmares return with a vengence, and after watching, made me feel like a child all over again. Definitely a keeper.
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