Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, and Stanley Tucci star in director Robert Zemeckis' adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1983 novel of the same name. In 1960s Alabama, an orphaned African-American boy encounters a conference of malevolent witches while living in a hotel with his grandmother (Spencer). A courageous and comedic confrontation ensues after the Grand High Witch (Hathaway) transforms him into a sentient mouse.