Misleading title and way too slow

Rating: 3/10 (29 September 2016)

Despite the movie title this film had not that much to do with the actual witch. The witch only made three appearances throughout the entire movie (and all of them have been rather short in nature). For a movie titled "The Witch" this is not acceptable. Furthermore the movie doesn't really tell the story of the witch but rather focuses on a secluded/exiled family which also happens to be highly dysfunctional. And when I say dysfunctional I mean it. They are constantly bickering about the most trivial matters and accusing each other of witchcraft. It was quite honestly one of the most boring movies I've ever watched (considering that I've watched well over 600 movies so far that's supposed to mean something, I reckon). I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
From a storyteller's perspective the movie doesn't have much to offer either. The witch is "evil" for no apparent reason ergo is evil for the sake of being evil (which is a storytelling no-go of the highest order, in case you didn't know). I had really high hopes for the movie because of the trailer. Much to my dismay the trailer ended up being better than the actual movie itself.