Continuity mistake: When Grandma serves biscuit and orange juice to the kid, the yellow napkin on the table keeps changing positions between shots: from perpendicular to the table to skewed.
The Witches (2020)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock, Octavia Spencer
The boy puts the potion into the soup, which the Grand High Witch has requested be prepared garlic-free. All the witches except the Grand High Witch eat the soup and turn into rats. Mr. Stringer and his staff try to kill the witch-rats.
The grandmother and the three kids have a final confrontation with the evil Grand High Witch in her room. When the demon tries to kill the grandmother, the kids spring mouse traps on the Grand High Witch's only toes, and force her to swallow the potion. She turns into an enraged rat and tries to kill the kids, but the grandmother traps her under a water jug. They decide to take the Grand High Witch's money trunk and potion bottles while the Grand High Witch threatens to get them for this. When Bruno sticks his tongue out at her, the Grand High Witch angrily calls him a filthy sewer guttersnipe. One of her threats is to poke out the kids' beady eyes.
The grandmother releases the Grand High Witch's cat Hades, who was locked in a cage by the Grand High Witch. While the demon-rat pleads for mercy, Hades knocks over the water jug and kills the Grand High Witch. Daisy/Mary and Bruno go to live with the boy and his grandmother and plan to turn all witches into rats in order to free the world from the plague of evil demon witches forever.
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The Grandma: I'll call my cousin Ester, have him make a reservation for us at the Grand Orleans Imperial Island Hotel. He was the executive chef there for over thirty years, he's got pull there. He's a star. His cooking put that hotel on the map. It's the swankiest resort in all of Alabama. You'll be telling your grandkids about your stay in this hotel!
The Boy: How do you know it'll be safe there?
The Grandma: Because child, ain't nothing but rich white folks at the Grand Orleans Imperial Island Hotel. And witches only prey on the poor. The overlooked. The kids they think nobody's going to make a fuss about if they go missing. Go pack!
Trivia: The family of late author Roald Dahl who wrote the novel The Witches gave director Robert Zemeckis permission to do a remake on the condition that the ending of the movie follow the ending of the book, where the boy remains a mouse.
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Answer: They do. I just loaded the movie up on HBO Max, and it's literally the first credit to pop up in the end credits.
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