Fantasy · Family
The Witches
Saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy they've turned into a mouse!
While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.
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Top Cast
Jasen Fisher
Luke Eveshim
Mai Zetterling
Helga Eveshim
Anjelica Huston
Miss Eva Ernst
Charlie Potter
Bruno Jenkins
Rowan Atkinson
Mr Stringer
Bill Paterson
Mr Jenkins
Brenda Blethyn
Mrs Jenkins
Jane Horrocks
Miss Irvine
Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Production
Jim Henson Productions
Warner Bros. PicturesReviews
CinemaSerf
6/1010/21/2022
Young "Luke" (an enthusiastic Jasen Fisher) lives with his grandmother "Helga" (May Zetterling) after being mysteriously orphaned. His grandmother has made him worldly wise to the ways of witches, and so he is alert to the antics of "Eva" (Angelica Huston) when he and his ever-hungry new friend "Bruno" (Charlie Potter) meet in a seaside hotel. Overhearing her evil grand design as she addresses a convention of hags and crones, both he and his friend are turned into white mice - but can he get back to his grandmother and warn her before all the children in the world are gone? It's quite a quickly paced and fun adventure this, with plenty of escapades as the boys/mice have to steal the potion and thwart the witches. Jim Henson has provided some suitably grizzly effects and the supporting cast
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