Is The Witches actually good?

The Witches sits in the 80.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 80.4% of them.

How does The Witches compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Witches lands in the 80.8% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Witches's score based on?

175 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Witches's score.

1990

global pct

80.4

Film · 1990 · Films · 1990s

The Witches

Name: The Witches
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 1990

Scored from 175 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

80.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

80.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

95.6%

AI-adjusted percentile

175 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother find themselves at a seaside English hotel that is unknowingly hosting a convention of child-hating witches led by the Grand High Witch. After he stumbles upon their secret meeting and is transformed, he must use his wits to stop their plan to eliminate the children of England. Adapted from Roald Dahl's novel.

Released in 1990, The Witches is an adventure, comedy and family film.

The calibrated figure is built from 175 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 185 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,952 of whom clear the calibration test. 4,081 other films from the 1990s form the cohort it is ranked inside.