Katie Tothero

One of the most perfect shows of all time. I implore you to watch it.

(Spoilers) As a movie, I thought it was fine. Nothing extraordinary, but nothing horrible either. It honestly felt like they were trying too hard, especially during the mouse transformations and with the witches behavior. My main issues were with how it completely stomped on the book by Roald Dahl it was based off of. One of my favorite things about the book was that we never learned our protagonist’s name. The story is told from his perspective and his grandmother always called him “dear” or “darling”. This made the book really stand out to me as something completely unique, which the movie completely ignored. My only other real problem was the ending. In the book, the story ends with our protagonist’s acceptance of being a mouse forever and him and his grandmother planning to find and destroy all of the witch-mice left after the events in the hotel dining hall. I loved how open ended it was, and not just tied up in a little bow, leaving room to think deeper into it. The movie completely dumps on this by making the Grand High Witches assistant return and transform him back into a boy again. Kids need to see that not every change, wether for better or for worse, will be reversible. Some things will be with you forever and it’s something that just needs to be accepted. I’m a huge advocate for book-loyalty in movies that this movie really angered me. Thanks for reading my rant! If you liked this movie, please don’t take this personally. It’s just my opinion.

Okay, so before I start going on about how much I adore this show, I feel the need to make something clear. 90% of all the one-star reviews of this show were written by heavily biased, overly conservative people who think that this show will “corrupt” their children due to it taking place in a demon realm and it’s inclusion of LGBT+ characters. To that I say, loosen up and take a chill pill!! It’s 2020, not the Middle Ages! You’re allowed to be whatever you want and you’re allowed to like whoever you want. Some people just can’t seem to accept that and harp on these brilliant shows for trying to be inclusive. I beg you to please disregard all of the reviews claiming this show is “demonic” because the was I see it, just because this show takes place in a demon realm, doesn’t mean it’s satanic. Demons shouldn’t always be associated with satan and can simply be another was of describing monsters. This show is brilliant in its creative premise, multi-layered, loveable characters, intriguing story, and LGBT+ representation. It’s perfect for the grieving Gravity Falls fans because Alex Hirsh voices some of the characters and is the partner of the creator, Dana Terrace. It’s chock full of Harry Potter references and is over all a hilarious show. I can not recommend it enough!!!!! Please go watch it!!!!!