- Starring
- Johnny Vegas, Margo Martindale, Emilia Clarke
- Directors
- Todd Demong, Phil Johnston, Katie Shanahan
- Rating
- PG
- Genre
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Release date
- Oct 17, 2025
- Where to watch
- Netflix
Overall Score
Rating Overview
Rating Summary
In the gritty town of Triperot, the scheming Mr. and Mrs. Twit lord over Twitlandia, a ramshackle amusement park stitched together from toilets and old mattresses, powered by the strange magic of Muggle-Wump monkeys. Locked in a sour marriage, the Twits hatch a cunning plan to dominate the town with a flood of rancid hotdog meat and a shady mayoral campaign. A spirited orphan named Beesha, alongside her loyal friends, stumbles into the heart of the Twits’ twisted plot, setting the stage for a mischievous clash.
The Twits REVIEW
The Twits is a chaotic and creative null space that feels like having a conversation with someone who keeps telling you how imaginitive they are. They aren't, and the gulf between their poor storytelling and Roald Dahl's style and originality is canyonesque.
Between its two directors and three writers, they packed Dahl's rather short and simple tale like a three pound turkey with four pounds of stuffing. The result is an unfocused story with dozens of subplots that go nowhere, and a completely unsatisfying conclusion.
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James Carrick
James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
Roald Dahl was my favorite author when I was in second grade, but nothing in the summary description even remotely resembles a single event that occurs in the actual book.
I liked “Revolting Rhymes”, and “Esio Trot” expanded a short story about a well-intentioned prank into a full-blown romantic comedy, but I don’t have high hopes for anything made for Netflix.
The Twits was one of my favorite Roald Dahl books when I was a kid. I had been hoping for a movie about the Twits, and now that there is one…yeah, it was a disappointment.
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