Practical Magic

United States, Australia

1998

104 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
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EXEC Bruce Berman, Mary McLaglen

PROD Denise Di Novi, Robin Swicord

SCR Alice Hoffman, Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, Adam Brooks

CAST Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Goran Višnjić, Aidan Quinn, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexandra Artrip, Mark Feuerstein, Caprice Benedetti, Camilla Belle, Margo Martindale, Chloe Webb, Lucinda Jenney, Martha Gehman

Sally and Gillian Owens have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents’ death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical—their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic. But the invocation of the Owens’ sorcery also carries a price—some call it a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that threatens the lives of all the Owens women. —IMDb

Director

Griffin Dunne

Griffin Dunne was born on June 8, 1955 in New York City, the oldest child of Dominick Dunne and Ellen Griffin Dunne. He grew up mainly in Los Angeles and attended school in Colorado before moving back to New York in the late 1970s.

As an actor, Dunne has the distinction of having starred in two 1980s cult favorites. First came the John Landis monster movie An American Werewolf in London (1981), then the Martin Scorsese black comedy After Hours (1985).

“After Hours” is also among the movies that Dunne has produced with partner Amy Robinson through their company Double Play Productions. Other Double Play productions include Running on Empty (1988), White Palace (1990), and Once Around (1991).

Dunne has continued to appear on both sides of the camera, taking supporting roles as an actor in films like My Girl (1991) and I Like It Like That (1994). He made his directorial debut with a short film, Duke of Groove (1996) (TV), which was nominated for an Oscar. Dunne then… read more

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Nicole86

31Oct12

Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest had beautiful costumes.

ΞRIC B∆D TASTΞ

28May12

tasty pentagram made of whipped cream ! funny & kitschy movie...

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Matt Burgess

21May12

Interesting failure. Its clear the director had far more ambition than anyone would expect for a project like this but then at some point the studios got involved and we're left with an odd mix of sensual imagery/art direction (almost 70s Czech new wave!) and typical American rom-com schmaltz. Its the awful music that's most at fault here. Imagine if they kept Michael Nyman's stunning (but "too European") score?

Sheldon No

15Jan13

This Kiss, *This Kiss!!*

Yashoda

29Apr12

I expected a sort of "quirky romantic comedy," so I was pleasantly surprised at the dark undertones present from the start, and how quickly things veered completely off the rails. Well done, Bullman (seriously, can we have more Nicole Kidman/ Sandra Bullock movies? I'm overcome by the CHARMINGNESS of it all). Read more: http://theoncominghope.blogspot.com/2012/04/filling-gaps-practical-magic.html#ixzz1tSVxb2yG