Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Wordiezett So much average

Micransix Crappy film

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

spencergrande6 A Spanish horror-comedy in which a group of bank-robbers stumble into a witch coven. Hijinks ensue, comedy is had. The theme of this one is about how the robbers (all men) have woman issues and have all but renounced their kind as villainous, deceptive and bitchy (*cough* witchy--get it?) The witch coven has done the same thing (there are no warlocks; though one witch has a son she keeps locked up in an underground vault).Some lessons are not really learned, and there's a hulking monster witch with enormous boobs at the end the men have to contend with (one woman takes their side, alas). There's definitely some fun to be had here but it's fleeting and I'm not sure it's anywhere near as progressive as it thinks it is (if it does, I don't know).

Smoreni Zmaj It starts as crime/comedy, but soon it turns into horror comedy. Villains in this movie are witches, so director decided to start with opening credit made of pictures of famous "witches", putting together notorious killers and evil women from modern politics. Very brave and politically incorrect, he bought me already. Movie is fast, story is original, humor is indeed funny, effects are good, very much fun until the end. Big ending is bit of failure, but movie is overall good enough not to be spoiled by it........................................

abisio Alex de la Iglesia is one of the most interesting Spanish directors. His movies always carry a mix of violence and comedy (and sometimes horror) . He is able to get good production values; but most of the times humor is basically a gross exaggeration of Spanish idiosyncrasy and history which sometimes limits the audience's understanding of what is going on. "Las Brujas de Zagarramurdi" aka "Witching and Bitching" starts with a not very well-orchestrated pawn shop robbery . The main characters Jose (Hugo Silva) and Tony steal a bag full of golden rings with the help of Jose's 10 years old son. They escape kidnapping a taxi drivers and his passenger and try to cross to France. They are immediately identified and pursued by Jose's ex-wife and two dumb policemen. When they reach Zagarramurdi they had to confront a huge cove of witches with plans to eat them and destroy the world (or at least men). In is in its first half, the film is a crude (and very funny) commentary about Spain's dominant maternal society. The technical aspects like the car chase are very well staged and produced.The second half is an horror story played for fun with a few extreme gory / bad taste scenes and happy (or not so happy?) but far from politically correct ending. The FX are fine but could use some improvement. The cast is very good ; Hugo Silva is fine as the conflicted divorced / thief and Mario Casas (the most reliable commercial actor currently in Spain) is really funny.The women are OK; but nothing special. Carmen Maura and Macarena Gomez deliver very bitchy performances; but usually you expect far more from them. Carolina Bang is sexy but her character is underwritten. The same happens with Santiago Segura and Carlos Areces; two excellent comedians working as witches with timid results . In brief; it is very dark comedy; and very unusual comedy. It is really worth watch it.

alejandraedwards This movie starts out funny enough, but around half an hour in, it starts meandering, going nowhere and everywhere at once. None of the characters are engaging enough to earn your sympathy or interest and by the last 30 minutes you are just waiting for it to end. This film actually makes you doubt Álex de la Iglesia's talent as a director, and if you liked his wacky sense of humor and biting social commentary in other films, you'll start wondering if you've been duped all along. Also, I'm not one to harp on things like this, but the film is SOOOO over- the-top offensive to women that it actually makes you wonder what woman in the world would date de la Iglesia and if that's not the reason why he made "Witching and Bitching//Las Brujas de Zarragamurdi." In an interview, De la Iglesias responded that his male characters don't fare much better, being dim-witted and weak. In the end, who cares what happens to any of them? If I had to do it again I'd skip it.