The greatest movie ever made..!

Purely Joyful Movie!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The 1975 version was a charming film, so the writers here had a hard feat to make this 1995 TV remake as good. Surprisingly, it is not as good, to be honest I found it rather average, but it does have some redeeming merits. The obvious plus is the cast, Elizabeth Moss and Erik Von Detten are appealing as Danny and Anna, and Robert Vaughn while not as malevolent as Ray Milland is suitably nasty as Edward Bolt. Among them and doing more than adequately are Brad Dourif, Henry Gibson and Vincent Shiavelli. The film is nicely shot, Bolt's house looks amazing and the special effects are decent for a TV movie. However, the script is weak and the plot is formulaic in a lot of places. Consequently it lacked the charm of the 1975 film. Also for an 87 minute film, it is rather short, so the character development wasn't particularly that strong. Though Danny and Anna's chemistry was believable enough, the music was lovely and the ending had a sense of poignancy. Overall, not great but not a complete time-waster. 5/10 Bethany Cox

I didn't like this movie I am not going to rant and rave, but just lets say I read the book and there is nothing in this movie that in the book at least nothing I can remember reading..... if you want a movie that more to the book watch the 70's version it waaaaay better. I think there only thing that is in the book are it about a girl/boy set of twins that are magical and they start out in a group foster home and run away to follow there "feelings' of others like them out there. Oh and there is a bully in the Foster home..... all in all the movie should not have been named escape from witch mountain due to its a completely different story from the book...."To enjoy the rainbow.... you must get through the rain"

I saw the original 1950s Disney film when I was a kid, back then it was good fun, and when its on TV and I decide to watch it still is, and then I saw this TV remake. Basically Zoe Moon (Child's Play 3's Perrey Reeves) sees a mysterious beam of light come from Witch Mountain, two babies are in this light, but they are split apart. A few years later, these babies have grown up, Danny (Erik Von Detten) and Anna (Elisabeth Moss) are in an orphanage together, and it is there they find out they are related. They also rediscover their powers from the Mountain they came from, and Mr. Bolt (Robert Vaughn) is witness to one of these powers, so he decides to give them a new home. Mr. Bolt tries to make them use their powers to his advantage, but they refuse and are chained up until they will do so. Luckily though they are let go, and the knowledgeable Waldo Fudd (Ghost's Vincent Schiavelli) teaches them that they and everyone in their world comes from another, having a twin, but they have all lost the power of the light. So now they head up to Witch Mountain to return to where they belong, and many other twins are going with them, including Luthor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest's Brad Dourif) and his rediscovered brother. Also starring Lynne Moody as Lindsay Brown, Lauren Tom as Claudia Ford, Henry Gibson as Ravetch, Sam Horrigan as Xander and Kevin Tighe as Sheriff Bronson. The well known stars of this film don't contribute anything, the special effects are terrible, and you just know all the way through that a TV crew made it, so don't bother with it. Poor!

This made for TV flick that can often be seen on the Disney Channel was a real treat. It's based on the 1975 Escape to Witch Mountain, but it's got new special effects. I liked this one better than the first. The acting is much better and special effects are far, far improved. Robert Vaughn plays the part of an evil millionaire who wants to use two twins that have magical powers for his own gain. They are called by an unknown force to Witch Mountain for an unknown reason. Check it out! It's really fun to watch!