The Twits
The Twits
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Watch-outs
What this film brings
Content barometer
Violence
2/5
Moderate
Fear
2/5
A few scenes
Sexuality
0/5
None
Language
1/5
Mild
Narrative complexity
1/5
Accessible
Adult themes
0/5
None
Expert review
This animated Roald Dahl adaptation looks like a fast paced family comedy with exaggerated villains, broad visual humor, and a deliberately cartoonish world. The main concerns are recurring cruelty from the adult characters, animal mistreatment, gross pranks such as worms in food or a frog in a bed, and some stronger threat elements involving traps and the idea of buying guns. The presentation is highly stylized rather than realistic, with no sexual content and no graphic injury, yet the nastiness of the antagonists and a few unsettling body related images may still disturb very young viewers. These moments are not isolated because the story is built around the Twits being unpleasant and dangerous to others. For sensitive children, watching with an adult from around age 7 is a good idea, so they can be reassured that the tone is exaggerated and that the story clearly does not endorse the cruelty shown.
Synopsis
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
Difficult scenes
The Twits spend part of the story playing nasty and gross tricks on each other. This includes worms hidden in spaghetti and a live frog placed in a bed, which may trigger disgust or anxiety in younger children who dislike body related gross out humor or animals being used as jokes. The monkeys kept by the adults are forced to perform uncomfortable training for a ridiculous show. The animal mistreatment is handled in a child accessible way, yet it remains a meaningful part of the plot and may upset children who are especially sensitive to animals being controlled or treated badly. A tree is covered with glue in order to trap birds that are meant to be cooked in a pie. The tone stays fantastical, but the idea of catching and eating animals, along with the scene where several boys get stuck because of the glue before escaping, adds genuine tension for younger viewers. At one point, the villains decide to go shopping for guns after repeated failures. The mention of firearms in a children's story may be enough to unsettle some viewers, even though the overall presentation remains comic and highly unrealistic. The story also includes grotesque body imagery and physical shrinking or distortion. Some children will find this very funny, while others may find it strange or mildly scary, especially if they are sensitive to unusual transformations of the human body.
Where to watch
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Availability checked on Apr 01, 2026
About this title
- Format
- Feature film
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
- Directed by
- Phil Johnston
- Main cast
- Margo Martindale, Johnny Vegas, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ryan Anderson Lopez, Emilia Clarke, Natalie Portman, Timothy Simons, Nicole Byer, Jason Mantzoukas, Alan Tudyk
- Studios
- Jellyfish Pictures, The Roald Dahl Story Company, Netflix Animation Studios
Content barometer
Violence
2/5
Moderate
Fear
2/5
A few scenes
Sexuality
0/5
None
Language
1/5
Mild
Narrative complexity
1/5
Accessible
Adult themes
0/5
None
Expert review
This animated Roald Dahl adaptation looks like a fast paced family comedy with exaggerated villains, broad visual humor, and a deliberately cartoonish world. The main concerns are recurring cruelty from the adult characters, animal mistreatment, gross pranks such as worms in food or a frog in a bed, and some stronger threat elements involving traps and the idea of buying guns. The presentation is highly stylized rather than realistic, with no sexual content and no graphic injury, yet the nastiness of the antagonists and a few unsettling body related images may still disturb very young viewers. These moments are not isolated because the story is built around the Twits being unpleasant and dangerous to others. For sensitive children, watching with an adult from around age 7 is a good idea, so they can be reassured that the tone is exaggerated and that the story clearly does not endorse the cruelty shown.
Synopsis
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.
Difficult scenes
The Twits spend part of the story playing nasty and gross tricks on each other. This includes worms hidden in spaghetti and a live frog placed in a bed, which may trigger disgust or anxiety in younger children who dislike body related gross out humor or animals being used as jokes. The monkeys kept by the adults are forced to perform uncomfortable training for a ridiculous show. The animal mistreatment is handled in a child accessible way, yet it remains a meaningful part of the plot and may upset children who are especially sensitive to animals being controlled or treated badly. A tree is covered with glue in order to trap birds that are meant to be cooked in a pie. The tone stays fantastical, but the idea of catching and eating animals, along with the scene where several boys get stuck because of the glue before escaping, adds genuine tension for younger viewers. At one point, the villains decide to go shopping for guns after repeated failures. The mention of firearms in a children's story may be enough to unsettle some viewers, even though the overall presentation remains comic and highly unrealistic. The story also includes grotesque body imagery and physical shrinking or distortion. Some children will find this very funny, while others may find it strange or mildly scary, especially if they are sensitive to unusual transformations of the human body.