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Plot: Actor Griffin Dunne improves a bit on his first film as a director, Addicted to Love, with this drama-comedy about a family of witches. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play spell-casting siste...( read more read more... )rs of different temperaments: the former is a high-living, free-spirited sort, while Bullock's character is a homebody who can't get around a family curse that kills the men in their lives. A widowed single mom, Kidman gets into a jam with an abusive Bulgarian (Goran Visnjic) and is helped out by her sibling, but the result brings a good-looking, warm, inquisitive cop (Aidan Quinn) into their lives. The film has a variety of tonal changes--cute, scary, glum--that Dunne can't always effectively juggle. But the female-centric, celebratory nature of the film (the fantasies, the sharing, the witchy bonds) is infectious, and supporting roles by Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing as Kidman and Bullock's magical aunts are a lot of fun. --Tom Keogh

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  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 2, 2008
    Despite the always lovable Sandra Bullock, this movie is a loser. It's not a horrible watch if there's nothing else on and you're only half-watching, but there's isn't really anything worthwhile in this pseudo-romance with witches.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 1, 2008
    Buena dupla de Nicole Kidman+ Sandra Bullock, que para esa decada eran unas de las actrices mas cotizadas de Hollywood. "Practical Magic" relata la historia de dos hermanas con dotes de magia, y narra sus encuentros y desencuentros amorosos. Comedia por algunos momentos y algunos momentos de drama, por momentos la historia se pierde, pero se levanta gracias a las dos actrices principales. Se puede ver para halloween.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 4, 2008
    I actually just saw this movie. It's definitely not a movie I usually see, but it wasn't too bad. It was pretty good after a while, and I liked the ending. :)
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 21, 2008
    Persecuted as a witch by the puritans in the 17th Century, Maria Owens places a spell on herself. But this has had the result of causing all the men that the subsequent generations of Owens women marry to die unnaturally. In the present day, Sally Owens wants to maintain the pretence that she is not a witch in order to be accepted by the community. But then the man that Sally marries is killed in an accident in the street. Her more wayward sister Gillian is passionately involved with East European cowboy Jimmy Angelo but things go wrong when he abducts her and Sally, and Sally is forced to place a lethal dose of belladonna in his tequila. Panicking, the sisters attempt a resurrection spell and when this goes wrong they bury Jimmy in the garden. But then detective Gary Hallett comes investigating Jimmy's disappearance and they are forced to cover up. However Sally finds herself starting to fall for Gary. For the most part Griffin Dunne is reasonably successful at playing the film as the white witchcraft comedy. Nicole Kidman has the lighter part, playing the wayward ditz. Sandra Bullock gets the lion's share of the film, she does her Shy Girl Next Door thing but seems to spend the whole film getting flustered. But the script never quite pairs the differences between the two sisters off against one another.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 13, 2008
    Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are such a good combination! And their aunts are fantastic. Please, watch this movie!

Comments

  • Jerry168
    I like this movie, it is so funny and wonderful, the curse of love are made both women challenging theirs destiny
    posted 174 days ago
  • mariefuller80
    Light hearted and fun!
    posted 191 days ago
  • diegonahuel60
    nicole kidman esta re buena
    posted 254 days ago
  • luvjb4ever
    i love this movie! its always got something exited going on in it!
    posted 327 days ago
  • babygirlm92
    i loved this movie it's one of my all time fav
    posted 342 days ago
  • peaceXloveXhappiness
    this scared me cuz i was like 9 when i saw it lol that guy was creepy!
    posted 443 days ago
  • moonshine4242
    This is a great movie. I would love to own it on dvd so i can watch it antime i want. It has a lot of different things going on for everyone, noone would be bored with this movie. And the stars are great well known actresses too.
    posted 555 days ago
  • McPerfect
    this is a marvelous movie... i absolutely LOVE it!
    posted 666 days ago
  • strawberysweet
    Its a really good movie i don't see why noone appreciates it! =^-^=
    posted 773 days ago

Details

  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: Griffin Dunne
  • Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Released: October 16, 1998
  • DVD Released: February 16, 1999

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