The Witches

 

Angelica Huston (Ever After) starred as the head witch in this adaptation of Roald Dah's young adult novel. Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) played the hotel manager. A young boy having lost his parents goes to lives with his grandmother. She teaches him about witches. When on vacation at a hotel, he stumbles across a witch convention. They have develop a formula to turn kids into mice, so they can kill them. All in all, I say: read the book first and then SEE IT

HBO Max remade the movie starring Anne Hathaway (Brokeback Mountain) as the head witch. This time it is set in Alabama, USA instead of England with a more diverse group of actors. Stanley Tucci (Big Night) plays the hotel manager. Chris Rock (Fargo season 4) does the voice over/narrator. Octavia Spencer (Invasion) is the grandmother. I was skeptical, but it actually seemed closer to the book than the original movie. All in all, I say: SEE IT