'The Witches' review: Robert Zemeckis makes Roald Dahl’s story a brighter affair


By AGENCY
Photos By HBO Go
Nowadays, meeting friends in your living room is a grand affair.

No matter how you cut it, The Witches (available on HBO Go) is a really disturbing tale.

Not that one should expect anything else from Roald Dahl, but for some reason this story about a group of grotesquely disfigured women who hate children always seemed extra sinister even within his generally sinister oeuvre.

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Robert Zemeckis has put a brighter and more family friendly stamp on the material.

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