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  • 1978
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1978
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 35 m
Return from Witch Mountain

Summary The entire city of Los Angeles teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when the greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city from destruction.

Directed By: John Hough

Written By: Malcolm Marmorstein, Alexander Key

  • 1978
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1978
  • G
  • Buena Vista Distribution Company
  • 1 h 35 m

Return from Witch Mountain

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The entire city of Los Angeles teeters on the brink of nuclear disaster when the greedy criminals manipulate a young boy's supernatural powers for their own devious gain. But the youth's sister and a streetwise band of truants join forces in a desperate attempt to save the city from destruction.

Directed By: John Hough

Written By: Malcolm Marmorstein, Alexander Key

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
51
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83% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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83% Mixed
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Pic is loaded with the kind of visual hijinks juve audiences love, and appeal should hold for adults, as well. Playoff looks bright in most situations.
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60
Fortunately, the level of pictorial magic improves considerably as the movies rolls along. [28 March 1978, p.B12]
By Gary Arnold FULL REVIEW
60
The two young principals are serviceable, but not nearly as lively as some of their co-stars — Christian Juttner, as the tallest Earthquake, steals virtually every scene he doesn't share with Miss Davis or Mr. Lee.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
50
The kids will love all the visual gags in this pleasing if lightweight Disney film.
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40
It's a frequent theme of bad children's pictures that knowledge, especially scientific knowledge, is the opposite of unspoiled childhood goodness,and here it is again, only weakly contradicted by the one pleasant actor in the film, Jack Soo, as an idealistic truant officer. It's as if kiddies' mindless escape films, unlike adults', needed to carry their own internal justification. [31 March 1978, p.15]
By Judith Martin FULL REVIEW
40
This extremely generic plotline feels very underwritten, almost as if it was one of many episodes of a Witch Mountain TV series rather than a three-years in the making sequel to a successful children's sci-fi adventure film.
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Production Company Walt Disney Productions
Release Date Mar 10, 1978
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating G
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Tagline Tia and Tony are back - in another exciting adventure!
Website http://movies.disney.com/return-from-witch-mountain
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