Comments on: PRACTICAL MAGIC / THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:06:06 +0000

If the Hollywood pitch guys got together and said, “Hey, what’s hot now in the mid 1990s?” “Hey, who’s spending more money now and wants movies targeted to their taste?” The answers would be New-Age-Non-Sense Wicca-Come-Lately Tame-Spin-On-The-Whole-Witch-Thing-… which we can target to affluent, bored, meandering, liberal arts degree having, white women, female teens and their trapped boy-and-or-girl-friends.The love story is meaningless and poorly done (acting and plot — no chemistry whatsoever). The bad guy is trite and the horror he comes with is similarly … The gags/laughs are inane. The supporting theme, learning about yourself and the world from doing things you’re not supposed to do, seems written by some poor lost middle age women who wouldn’t know a book of shadows from a day runner.The reviews here on Amazon.com are high on average, so I encourage you to look it up on the Internet Movie Database … where it’s received more than 4,000 ratings to give it a solid 5 out of 10. I think that 5 is extremely generous and only there b/c no matter how [poor] the detritus that the script grew in and the director stepped in, Kidman and Bullock have the kind of charisma to make them likeable in anything.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: R. Rosenkranz

R. Rosenkranz — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:23:58 +0000

This ranks as one of my least favorite films of all time. I have to admit, I'm not much of a Sandra Bullock fan. While I was entertained by her in Speed and While You Were Sleeping, I have found her mannerisms and acting EXTREMELY annoying in every movie since then. In fact, I find it hard to go back and watch Speed and WYWS now that I've seen her too many times.

Normally I'm a big Aidan Quinn fan, but it appeared to me that Quinn just wasn't buying the plot and ended up mailing in his performance.

Nicole Kidman was actually pretty good, but her performance isn't reason enough to rent this turkey.

But along with Bullock's annoying performance are some incredibly stupid, embarrassingly contrived and excruciatingly boring scenes.

I can't give a movie that I couldn't WAIT for it to end more than 1 star. Rating: 1 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:28:38 +0000

I think there is no magic in this movie. The plot is terrible and there is really no point to anything Sandra and Nicole do. The only good part of the movie was watching Nicole and Sandra when they were looking rather tasty. Especially the part when Sandra is bending over and tending the flower bed, that was nice.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:39:39 +0000

What a waste of excellent actors and any viewer’s time! The main problem was not so much the senseless use of special effects as the utter boredom of the narrative. How I would like to see Bell, Book and Candle again.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Mr N Forbes-warren

Mr N Forbes-warren — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:46:06 +0000

My wife made me watch this. The story of witches curses had an appeal, and if it was like SALEM’S LOT, penned by Stephen King and not Alice Hoffman(how does junk like this get into print is one question!), it might have been OK. But it was overblown cheap sentimentality so much it depressed me. Call this comedy? I call it a worthless piece of cinematic rubbish that’s not worth ten minutes of anyone’s time. And a waste of Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. As if losing a husband is called comedy and having to suffer just like Sandra Bullock’s character is entertaining. If she had grabbed a gun and killed a few witch-haters this would have been far more entertaining than impractical magic. PUKE!
Rating: 1 / 5