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Practical Magic (1998)

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Reviews Counted:53

Fresh:11

Rotten:42

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Comedy, romance, and humor mix with unsatisfying results.

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: This romantic comedy, which is based on Alice Hoffman's best-selling novel, introduces the Owens sisters (Bullock and Kidman), who try to use their hereditary gift of witchcraft to help them find... This romantic comedy, which is based on Alice Hoffman's best-selling novel, introduces the Owens sisters (Bullock and Kidman), who try to use their hereditary gift of witchcraft to help them find love. Collector's Edition includes documentary featuring behind the scenes interviews with the filmmakers and stars. [More]

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quinn, Goran Visnjic

Director: Griffin Dunne

Director: Griffin Dunne
Screenwriter: Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, Adam Brooks
Producer: Denise Di Novi
Composer: Alan Silvestri

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Reviews for Practical Magic

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Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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03/05/02
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Sight and Sound

Nunca termina por definir si se trata de una historia de amor, de horror o una comedia

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

Although I enjoyed portions of the movie, I can't wholeheartedly recommend something with such an unfortunate and dissatisfying conclusion!

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

If nothing else, the screenwriters deserve recognition for the nerve it took to employ what must be the most outrageously lazy writer's device in the history of cinema.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
07/12/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

The trio of credited writers exhibits a complete failure of imagination!

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01/01/00
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune

Hocus pocus without focus.

Full Review Source: Norman Transcript | comment Comment
03/12/01
Jim Chastain
Jim Chastain
Norman Transcript

A muddled melange of genres that fails to come up with a distinct identity.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Practical Magic is delightful sweetmeat for Halloween.

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01/01/00
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The movie doesn't seem sure what tone to adopt, veering uncertainly from horror to laughs to romance.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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What a disappointing mess made from such a promising premise!

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01/01/00
Bob Fenster
Bob Fenster
Arizona Republic

A mediocre mishmash of female-bonding comedy, schmaltzy romance and blessedly brief horror about latter-day witchcraft!

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01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

A witch comedy so slapdash, plodding, and muddled it seems to have had a hex put on it.

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01/01/00
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Has something to annoy just about everyone: feminists of either gender, Wiccans, or just people expecting a good movie.

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09/22/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

A flat, unappealing potion!

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01/01/00
Julie Hinds
Julie Hinds
San Jose Mercury News

A disappointing brew of slick commercial moviemaking and old-fashioned romantic fantasy!

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01/01/00
David Hunter
David Hunter
Hollywood Reporter
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The film consequently feels anemic and scattered most of the time.

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01/01/00
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

A Halloween movie with amorous themes but is such a hodgepodge that it serves as neither an effective, Charles -Addams- style spoof of the supernatural genre nor a convincing romantic comedy.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Practical Magic, a promising but muddled comedy about sibling witches with, perhaps inevitably, some unthreatening feminism thrown into the mix.

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01/01/00
Ed Kelleher
Ed Kelleher
Film Journal International
 
 
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