The Witches
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): October 22, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
17
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

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38
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiOct 23, 2020
This is a sleek-looking vehicle that’s eager to be scary but not comfortable being ugly. Read full review
33
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 21, 2020
Zemeckis has made some unsuccessful films over the last 20 years, but The Witches is the most frustrating of them all because it feels like it could’ve been made by somebody else. Anybody else. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreOct 22, 2020
It’s an adaptation without direction or purpose, with an unwieldy but deeply committed performance at its center. Hathaway looks to be having fun, at least. Someone should! Read full review
25
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiOct 22, 2020
Hathaway floats in the air a few times and the sides of her mouth are slit, a la Heath Ledger’s Joker, but even that deformation doesn’t make her frightening or threatening. You’re supposed to believe this woman wants all children dead, and instead, you believe she is sometimes rude to Bergdorf’s employees. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 21, 2020
When it’s not repulsive, The Witches drags, but for one brief yet gripping sequence, in which the boy and his friends sneak into the head witch’s hotel suite. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOct 22, 2020
What was weirdly but deliciously scary has grown ponderously out of scale, even for witches at their malign worst. Read full review
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