70
Strange and scary enough to fascinate parents and offspring alike.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
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.
80
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
In this extended good time of a fairy tale, there's something for everyone.
63
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The Witches feels like a throwaway feature rather than a fully-realized fantasy adventure.
75
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
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.
80
Los Angeles Times by Michael Wilmington
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.
75
Washington Post by Rita Kempley
The Witches is a wickedly funny final bow for Muppeteer Jim Henson.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
An intriguing movie, ambitious and inventive, and almost worth seeing just for Anjelica Huston's obvious delight in playing a completely uncompromised villainess.