Escape to Witch Mountain

Pros: Eddie Albert, cameo by Denver Pyle, classic disney, special effects etc.

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: This is a great movie for kids and adults of all ages. It's an especially good movie for a family night with small children and parents.

Review: I am twenty years old now but as a little girl my favorite movie was always "Escape to Witch Mountain." I remember a time when there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't make my grandma watch it with me. Even now I still own the video and still...

Pros: excellent cast, good script, high production values

Cons: stands up well, but special effects are slightly dated

The Bottom Line:  A film that will charm even the most jaded modern tween.

Review: There were a fair few films as I grew up that grabbed my attention and sparked my imagination. Most however, were of the variety that while I loved them, I would not go out of my way to make sure I watched them every time they aired. This is one of ...

Pros: Telekinesis, telepathy and flying winnebagos

Cons: The upside down helipcopter. Impossible.

The Bottom Line: Wonderful family movie

Review: I waited many years to own Escape To Witch Mountain. I can’t remember where I first saw it but I don’t think it was in a cinema. It feels like the kind of thing I might have watched projected onto a temporary screen in a Torquay hotel rec room. I know I ...

Pros: Entertaining for younger kids, nostalgic for their parents, paranormal but wholesome.

Cons: Special effects are a little outdated.

The Bottom Line: Pleasantly kid-scale supernatural fantasy from Disney. Amnesiac children with paranormal powers head for a mysterious rendezvous, pursued by a greedy tycoon.

Review: Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia (Kim Richards) are subteen siblings in an orphanage with no clear memory of their origin, although a map, Tia's oldest possession, points to a certain Witch Mountain range. Stranger yet are their fantastic powers of...

Pros: Most of the acting and effects, engaging second half

Cons: One puzzling plot point, the kids' acting

The Bottom Line: I think this is a movie that kids will enjoy much more than their parents.

Review: Believe it or not, there are Disney movies out there I have never seen.  Such was the case with Escape to Witch Mountain.  Frankly, I probably could have skipped it and been fine, not that the movie was completely bad.Tony and ...

Pros: Interesting premise, action, appealing child actors, good villain

Cons: Poor dialogue for the kid-actors, weak special effects

The Bottom Line: This film, overall, is neither great nor awful.  It is a good example of three-star sci-fi escapism.

Review: This movie was originally released in 1975 and Disney is now re-releasing it, coinciding with the semi-remake, Race to Witch Mountain.Two siblings, Tony and Tia (Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards), aged about twelve and ten, do not ...

Pros: Classic Disney film

Cons: None

Review: "Escape to Witch Mountain" is a deliciousy scary Disney fantasy based on the novel by Alexander Key. The TV remake was a travesty, please skip it and watch this "old" one, which stars cute Disney tykes Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann,...