Rating: G
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 08/24/2004
Sound: DD
Run Time: 70 min
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: BFS Entertainment Entertainment
Jill Murphy's children's story
The Worst Witch is given satisfactory treatment in this amiable film fantasy. The scene is a school for witches, where the head sorceresses offer a liberal black-arts curriculum. Problems occur when one of the students turns out to be too good for her own good. And, as everybody knows, the best people make the worst witches. Veterans Diana Rigg and Charlotte Rae generously share screen time with such engaging comparative newcomers as Fairuza Balk. The 70-minute
Worst Witch is ideal TV fare for the Halloween season.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide