Why You Should Take Notes While Watching The Twits

Watching The Twits on Netflix felt less like a kid’s flick and more like a crash-course in emotional anthropology — the study of cruelty, empathy, and the quiet places where we convince ourselves that being right is the same as being free.

I literally had my notebook open, vigorously taking notes throughout the entire (children's) movie.

The Plot

The film follows the odious couple Mr. and Mrs Twit, voiced by Johnny Vegas and Margo Martindale, who run the grotesque amusement park Twitlandia.

They delight in gross tricks, cruelty toward animals and people, and proving to the world (and perhaps themselves) that nastiness can be an art form.

Into their orbit come two children — orphans with more heart than their entire town — and a family of magical creatures (the Muggle-Wumps) who’ve been mistreated and imprisoned by the Twits. Together, kids + creatures + a lot of guts = an uprising of the weird and the kind.

Why It Hit Me

There’s plenty of cartoon chaos: hair full of sardines, bird pies, slightly disturbing theme-park rides, sticky glue traps. But beneath all that, the Twits’ story speaks a little louder.

To me, the movie screamed, “I’m cranky because I’ve been hurt. I’m mean because I don’t know kindness.”

That’s a theme I live for — in wellness, in emotional intelligence, in the gym of life where we push through discomfort to reach softness. And here’s what punched me in the gut: the moment when the Twits are half-asleep and holding hands.

Notice I said holding hands. These are characters who outwardly appear cruel, terrible, relentless in their tricks, obsessed with themselves, and prospering at others’ expense. And yet — in that quiet half-waking moment — they reach for connection, for someone to see them in all their scarred, messy being. They reach for the simple human need: “See me. All of me, and love me anyway.”

That scene — brief, tender, startling — says: even in the hardest hearts, there’s a whisper of longing. A flicker of wanting to be seen as whole. Good, bad, weird, weary.

The Takeaways

1. Empathy isn’t weakness — it’s revolution. Kids, animals, the “weaker” voices in the film are the only ones who live freely. Because they feel. They notice. They welcome chaos instead of hiding from it.

2. We can choose to notice — That part of us that snaps, that retreats into humor, that barfs up a “stress ball” when life gets hard? That’s the Twit within us. We don’t have to hide it, but we can invite it into the light with our goodness instead of letting it run the show.

3. Control ≠ superiority — The message from the film isn’t in the Twits’ domination of power or amusement-park mayhem. It’s the animals being released. The children standing for what matters. It’s the hand-holding. It’s the simple act: “I see you.”

4. Kindness is brave — Because the Twits know survival demanded hardness. But living — truly living — asks for softness. Holding hands when you’re half-asleep is soft. Reaching across when you’ve hurt someone or been hurt yourself is soft. And that softness takes courage.

In the end, The Twits reminded me that being right doesn’t always make us free. But being kind — in a deeply human, messy, imperfect way — just might.

Because when the world looks absurd, when our hearts are full, when our intentions are messy — we can still choose to see, to care, to hold a hand. And in that moment — we are free.

PS: This movie is getting mixed reviews from the pros, but if you’re willing to enjoy the chaos, the gross jokes, and the underlying message, I say give it a go.

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Mini-Message:

Even the gloomiest prankster has a moment of reach-out. That tiny scene of hand-holding in the chaos reminds us: kindness isn’t just for the soft—it’s for the brave.

Munchies:

“Sticky-Hand Energy Bites”:

• 1 cup rolled oats

• ½ cup nut butter

• ⅓ cup maple syrup

• ¼ cup chopped nuts

• ¼ cup dried cherries

• 1 tsp vanilla, pinch salt

Mix wet + dry, roll into ~12 bites, chill 20 mins. With each bite, think: “Who in my world wants to be seen—even the messy parts?”

Movement Exercise:

“Reach & Release Flow” —

• Stand tall, feet hip-width. Inhale & reach arms overhead.

• Exhale, hinge at the hips and let the arms drop.

• Repeat 3 times.

• Then side-sway: inhale center + up, exhale sway right, inhale back; then left. 2× each side.

• Finish: 4-count inhale, 6-count exhale, soften shoulders.

While you move, think: “I’m reaching out and letting go.”

Music Reco:

"Open the Door" by David Byrne & Hayley Williams from the film’s soundtrack.

It’s a perfect audio cue for that quiet hand-holding moment in the film—when walls drop, and someone just opens the door.

Mind-Bender:

Imagine you are both the Twit and the friend who sees him. What does your “friend self” say to the Twit-self? Write a one-line message from “I see you” to the part of you hiding behind armor.

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