Netflix’s latest Roald Dahl adaptation succeeds at preaching a positive message to its very young target audience, but offers very little for those outside of it.

The Twits , directed by former Disney writer Phil Johnston and adapted from Dahl’s 1980 novel, is a story about building bridges between the good and evil in the world, a topic that contains a lot of depth and could apply to audiences of all ages. Ultimately, the film isn’t very interested in that depth, looking for the simplest way to get the message across.

In a change from Dahl’s work, the film follows a pair of orphans, an older girl named Beesha and a younger boy named Bubsy, who happen upon the Twits and get caught up in their evil schemes. The Twits’ plans to make an amusement park (which is an OSHA-uncompliant hell) en

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