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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 21
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Critic Reviews: 3
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Movie Info

This fast-paced Disney endeavor stars Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann as two adolescents with acute psychic powers. The kids are actually space aliens, but suffer from amnesia and are unaware of their origins. Pursued by greedy business-mogul Ray Milland, who wants to harness their special powers for his benefit, Kim and Ike are rescued by likeable camper Eddie Albert. He and the kids escape to the mountain of the title when Albert's RV suddenly acquires the power of flight. In 1978, the film

G, 1 hr. 45 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: John Hough

Written By: Robert Malcolm Young

In Theaters: Mar 21, 1975 Wide

On DVD: Mar 10, 2009

Cast

Eddie Albert
Jason
Ray Milland
Aristotle Bolt
Donald Pleasence
Deranian
Kim Richards
Tia
Ike Eisenmann
Tony
Walter Barnes
Sheriff Purdy
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Grindley
Denver Pyle
Uncle Bene
Don Brodie
Gasoline Attendant
George Chandler
Grocer
Sam Edwards
Mate
Tony Giorgio
Hunter
Harry Holcombe
Capt. Malone
Rex Holman
Hunter No. 1
Tiger Joe Marsh
Lorko
Lawrence Montaigne
Ubermann
Alfred Rossi
Policeman No. 3
Alfred Ryder
Astrologer
Shepherd Sanders
Guru
Dan Seymour
Psychic
Paul Sorenson
Sgt. Foss
Terry Wilson
Bitt Jenkins
Eugene Daniels
Cort
Dermott Downs
Truck
Al Dunlap
Deputy

Critic Reviews for Escape to Witch Mountain

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (5) | DVD (15)

A Walt Disney production for children who will watch absolutely anything that moves.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

A scifi thriller that's fun, that's cheerfully implausible, that's scary but not too scary, and it works.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

They don't make them like this anymore.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Sarah Wenk

Common Sense Media

provides adventure and excitement that children of all ages can enjoy, but it is not very perilous or violent at all

April 20, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Pleasant enough, but underwhelming, and curiously lacking in wonder, even in the high-flying finale.

March 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films Guide

The movie looks pretty cheap, but with Ray Milland and Donald Pleasance as villains, it's still a lot of fun.

March 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

One of the most memorable Disney live-action films to come out of the '70s.

March 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

I didn't feel its magic.

September 21, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A Disney adventure with quite a lot going for it, even if it does end up spreading itself too wide for the sakes of the entire family.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Thirty years later, this Disney film still resonates.

March 4, 2005 Comment

Andrew Griffin

Town Talk (Alexandria, LA) Source: Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)

a good mix of mystery, fantasy, and adventure

November 6, 2004 Comment

Douglas Pratt

DVDLaser

One of Disney's last great live action classics.

November 7, 2003 Comment

Spence D.

IGN Movies

hardly the kind of experience that spawns anyone's desire to buy action figures and vibrating brooms

September 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

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Audience Reviews for Escape to Witch Mountain

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This is an okay kids movie, I saw it a long time ago when I was a kid, and I thought it was just okay then too. Maybe I should see it again someday?

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

Children with psychic abilities journey to discover their origins. Pleasant escapist children's fantasy is pure nostalgia for any adult who saw this movie in their youth.

June 27, 2008