natty-94145 Fantastic film from start to finish.The story, the characters, the actors, all brilliant.I loved it and still do. I recommend to kids and adults alike.

meddlecore As far as children's horror's go...whereas, this isn't the scariest...it's one of the most alluring, in a fantasy sense.It tells the story of a young boy, whose grandmother is a witch hunter. She tells him tall tales of witches...that don't turn out to be so tall after all.For, when they head off on vacation...they stumble upon a witch's conference...featuring the grand witch and all.He sneaks in to see what they are up to, only to discover that they are plotting to change all the children of England...into mice! And, he gets caught and changed into a mouse before he can escape.Now, he and another boy (who was also turned into a mouse) who are on the lam. They must find his grandmother, so that they can foil the witches' dastardly plot...before it's too late! And they plan to do so...by giving the witches some of their own medicine.This film is light-hearted fun, but I can see it being scary for a very young child.It is most notable for it's incredible special effects- coming from the late great Jim Henson.The witches themselves, are disgustingly cool...while the animatronic mice puppets are totally badass.They shift between using the mice puppets and real mice, making the film even more fun to watch.I don't remember ever seeing this as a kid...but it's on the same level as something like Labyrinth...just not as epic.Kind of surprised I never even heard of it until now...because I'm a huge Roeg fan! Hopefully you didn't miss it like I did.6.5 out of 10.

gavin6942 A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.This is a legitimately creepy and sometimes scary film... intended for kids. Allegedly Roald Dahl was not happy with the scary aspects and that is understandable. His work does have dark elements, but they are usually more subtle. (Willy Wonka is quite the devilish fiend!) Anjelica Huston is perfect as both the witch and her alter ego. The "vamp" look suits her and one might suppose this role is what lead to her being cast in "The Addams Family", as the similarities are striking.

promiseofanewday88 I found this movie to be a kid's Halloween movie if anything.Still, this being the first time I've watched it, I found it very entertaining. It was very engaging. Once the witch paid Lucas a surprise visit and offered to give him a snake (why?)because little boys liked snakes, you knew Lucas was going to be in bigger trouble. That was when I was hooked. It was funny to see Mr. Bean handle a knife in such a murderous fashion, and the surprise ending seemed to brighten the dark story up.I also liked the theme of Lucas's Grandma warning him about witches, Lucas taking care of his Grandma diabetes problems, and his Grandma accepting him for being a mouse.