The Witches (1990)

89 min · Fantasy

USPGUKPGAUPGCAPG

41 MILD

ScoutScore

Worth a quick check before you press play.

The Witches scores 41 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 22 flagged scenes and 3 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	19
Caution	3

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged mostly for scary and dark.

Scary and dark	72%
Violence and action	15%
Themes	4%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	5%
Language	4%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Grandma's witch lore and Erica's fate
Heads up Luke's parents die in a car accident
Heads up Witch approaches Luke in his tree house
Heads up Luke's birthday celebrated
Heads up Doctor notes Helga's cigars are unhealthy
Heads up Passing reference to whiskey
Caution Grand High Witch reveals herself and burns a witch
Heads up Grand High Witch unveils Formula 86 plan to destroy England's children
Caution Bruno lured in and transformed into a mouse on stage
Caution Luke is discovered, chased, captured, and force-fed the potion

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
CA	PG
GB	PG
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Luke stays calm and refuses to come down from his tree house even when the witch uses a snake and chocolate to try to lure him. What do you think helped him trust what he knew even when it was scary to say no?”

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Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip it, mute it, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is The Witches okay for kids?

The Witches scores 41 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 22 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, theme, action. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for The Witches?

41, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is The Witches rated?

The Witches is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, CA PG, GB PG, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

Is it OK for your kid? The age-by-age answer

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Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

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