Practical Magic

1998 "For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all."
6.3| 1h44m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 16 October 1998 Released
Producted By: Di Novi Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

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tbills2 Nicole Kidman is the most beautiful red head ever, I ain't Nicole Kidding. I feel love for her.Sandra Bullock is the best looking brunette head I've ever seen, and that's no Sandy Bull. I love her more than life.I love Sandra Bullock. I love Nicole Kidman. They are with me forever and always. (especially Sandra, even when I'm not seeing her)
cwade22 This contains spoilers. Im also typing on my phone which doesn't have autocorrect, so forgive the mistakes. I Rated this a 3 out of 10 because NICOLE KIDMAN IS HOT IN THIS FILM! I envy Tom cruise back then! Nicole was so Beautiful! Still is, but nicole kidman in the 1990's was IRRESISTIBLE! I rated this film a 3 because I have a crush on younger nicole kidman AND the concept of Witches and family is Cool! Sadly, the reason why I couldn't forgive this film was because the Characters try to resurrect an abusive boyfriend, after he tried to choke nicole kidman to DEATH! They should've run the car over him, or just left him at the place he was peeing. But nope! They kill him and then put him in the car, then bring him to their home, ENDANGERING THE DAUGHTERS! Then, bring him back to life, where he tries AGAIN, to choke nicole/jilly bean to death! Then, they kill him, AGAIN! Also, i know it's "chick flick" but All these Unnecessary girly pop songs ruin the movie. Faith hill's "this kiss?!" Ugh. I'm a dude, watching this film because i've never seen it, but wanted to see nicole, as i have a crush on her. Did Nicole Mary Kidman put a spell on me?! Anyway, the film fails because of the cheesy pop songs and the resurrection of the killer boyfriend. I'm surprised more reviews aren't asking why they even cared about the killer boyfriend, after he beat the lady and tried to kill her. Maybe i just Really love Younger Nicole Kidman(She put a spell on Me) and dont want to see anything bad happen to Her. I like Nicole kidman as Samantha in Bewitched. But her character in this is just dumb. Why do some girls date the worst dudes? I wanted to like this movie, but am not surprised it grossed less than $80million worldwide.
Jade McPherson This film is completely crap. There is virtually no story and the parts there are a story it is completely unbelievable. For example, why would you cast a spell on a guy you killed because he tried to kill you to bring him back to life?Indeed a lot of the plot revolves around the misuse of magical spells and two dumb sisters who don't know what the hell they are doing. Stockard Channing is actually really funny in this film but she doesn't play a big enough role to raise this film rating. I would urge everyone to not buy this film as it is utter garbage and a complete waste of money to buy it on DVD. Indeed the only satisfaction I got from this film was when it ended and I then resold it for a fiver.
chrisgomez23 Bullock and Kidman are very good as the central characters, very believable as different-but-bonded sisters. Kidman is a little too flaky at times to be a fully credible witch, but this characterization runs well enough in context. Channing (whom I rarely enjoy) and Wiest are excellent in major supporting roles, outdone only by Webb and Wood (Sally's daughters) who show their abilities by *not* overacting their potentially cutesy roles. Instead, they do a great job in stating variations on their mother and Aunt Gilly.Overall, I think most aspects of direction and production could have used one more iteration of quality improvement. Still, the movie is quite enjoyable, and worth watching again some time.