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Practical Magic
1998
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. Read more
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing |
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| Director | Griffin Dunne |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Practical Magic
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.
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quinn, Goran Visnjic |
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| Director | Griffin Dunne |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, English |
| Released | DVD: 19 Jul 1999 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock star as sisters who are descended from witches in this uneven black comedy romance based on Alice Hoffman's novel. Kidman is the wilder sibling, while Bullock is the home-loving store owner who falls for Aidan Quinn, the detective who investigates when Kidman's abusive boyfriend disappears. There are nice supporting performances from Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest as the sisters' equally witchy aunts, but director Griffin Dunne — who made the blackly comic Addicted to Love — ultimately fails to make either a moving comedy romance or a funny romantic comedy. Unfortunately, this is The Witches of Eastwick with its humour and sizzle removed.
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Like one of those spells where you throw everything into a cauldron and stir hopefully, this has ingredients of a feminist tract, a romantic comedy, a thriller, and domestic drama; nothing works.
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20 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Superb
I love this movie. I actually went out and bought it after renting it! I love the story centering around 2 modern day witches (Sandra Bullock and Nicloe Kidman) as they struggle to come to terms with life and a curse that is passed through the generations. The curse means that any man who falls in love with them will die when the sound of the death beetle is heard. I loved the soundtrack for this movie too.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Better than expected
It took me a long time to get to see this film because I thought it would be rubbish, but I was surprised, I actually enjoyed it. A nice warmsy film to watch on cold miserable days. It definitely cheered me up.
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Bullock slams romantic movies
- 17 Jun 2009
Sandra Bullock has hit out at the poor standard of romantic comedy films, insisting her turn in Two Weeks Notice was the pinnacle of the genre. The actress has starred in a string of rom-coms throughout her 22 year long career including Miss Congeniality, which saw her play a cop-turned-beauty-queen and fantasy film Practical Magic. But Bullock is convinced the 2002 movie, in which she starred alongside Hugh Grant, spelled the end of the genre - because the quality of the movies made now is "c* Read more
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