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The Witches (1990) Movie Review Summary

Actors: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jane Horrocks, Rowan Atkinson, Brenda Blethyn

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Kid movie based on Roald Dahl's book of the same name. A boy lives with his grandmother who's obssessed with witches. She tells him of the evils of witches and all the signs to detect them and what to do if he ever sees one, etc. Granny is sickly so they go to a seaside resort where she's supposed to recover her health. While exploring the hotel's conference room, the kid learns that there's a big convention in town, but not just any convention, a witch convention. All the witches of the world have assembled in the conference room to discuss their evil plot to rid the world of children by turning them all into mice (they hate kids because to witches they stink). Seconds after the kid overhears their plans, he's captured by the witches and transformed into a mouse, but luckily he escapes before they can squash him and warns his granny. The kid and his granny take matters into their own hands and use the witches' plot against them.
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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 10%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle 50%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 40% **Fantasy or Science Fiction?**    -   fantasy story on present day Earth magical being/mental/magical powers    -   Yes kind of powers:    -   witches

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   unemployed Age:    -   a kid Ethnicity/Nationality    -   English/British

Setting

Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes Misc settings    -   bar/restaurant

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   generic/vague references to death/punishment Tone of movie    -   upbeat Kinds of F/X    -   Things that change shape/morph Is this movie based on a    -   book

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