Director: Phil Johnston
Cast: Margo Martindale, Johnny Vegas, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Ryan Anderson Lopez, Emilia Clarke
The Twits is a 2025 British animated adventure-comedy directed by Phil Johnston, loosely based on Roald Dahl's beloved children's book. It follows two thoroughly horrible people and a remarkably clever band of animals in a wild caper that gleefully celebrates outsmarting the cruel and the greedy.
What is The Twits about?
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are a grotesque, mean-spirited couple whose entire existence revolves around tormenting each other and anyone unlucky enough to cross their path. But beneath their ramshackle property, a troupe of animals — long imprisoned and put to work performing degrading tricks — has had enough. Together they hatch an audacious plan to turn the tables on their captor-owners once and for all. What follows is a spirited series of pranks, near-disasters, and small acts of bravery, as the animals' scheme grows more elaborate with every obstacle the Twits throw in their way. The story leans into Dahl's original spirit: anarchic, funny, and quietly subversive.
Cast & crew
Director Phil Johnston, known for his animation writing work, helms this adaptation with a sharp comic sensibility. The vocal cast is a strong ensemble: Margo Martindale and Johnny Vegas bring thunderous grotesquerie to the Twits themselves, while Natalie Portman, Emilia Clarke, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan lend warmth and wit to the animal crew fighting back.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking diaspora families, The Twits offers exactly the kind of rowdy, irreverent comedy that translates beautifully across cultures — cruelty punished, cleverness rewarded, underdogs triumphant. Roald Dahl's stories have long circulated in Iran through translated editions, making this animated version genuinely familiar territory. The film is available on K-Time with Persian DUB, so younger viewers in the household can follow every joke in their mother tongue, and the humor lands just as sharply in Farsi as in English. A solid pick for a family evening, Nowruz break, or school holiday.
Where & how to watch
The Twits is available on K-Time with Persian DUB and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download. Subscribe once and cancel anytime.