Customer Reviews
Lovers doomed to die - By: B. Chandler, 26 Aug 2008 
The story line is loosely based on a book by Alice Hoffman. It is more of the screen play by Robin Swicord who also did the screen play for "Matilda" (1996).
Sisters Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) & Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) are brought up by their maiden aunts after their parents died. They learn of magic & its pluses & minuses by observing their aunts from a distance. They also have to overcome (if possible) the family curse that the gentlemenin their lives are distending to meat an early demise. One highlight of the movie is when we find that the other womenin the village really did not distain the Owens's; is just that they have not been invited to help.
The story deviates from the bookin the since that they do not even try to mask the fact that they are sort of cookie witches that even though the whole town knows about them. The menin their lives are too naive to notice when their time is up.
So watch & have fun. Then read the book.
Witchy Sisters - By: Gerob, 28 Feb 2008 
Well if you find the first ten minutes or so silly & saccharin sweet hold onin there. Rather unimaginative directing & a poorly thought out sound track are well & truly rescued by an unusual & well crafted storyline.
The ending is a little rushed, but by then who cares because you have watched an entertaining movie. Recommended.
lovely - By: Ms. F. I. Macdonald, 05 Nov 2007 
i really enjoyed this movie. i first saw it ages & ages ago with my best friend at school & always remembered it as having an impact on me, recently i dug the video out the bottom of my wardrobe & relived it all over again, still as good as i remember, i love nicole kidman so for me it was brilliant just because of her anyway, but the story was fun & i really enjoyed it!
starts well but becomes plain uninteresting - By: dan the fan, 12 Sep 2007 
Practical Magic had a lively beginning but it soon became tedious to watch, largely because the dialogue was uninteresting & not very original or attention grabbing.Another big problem was that the witches lacked credibility - even when Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman were casting a spell they just seemed to be saying a rhyme like any other mortal.They lacked an aura,a presence,an air,an authority,perhaps a beliefin the parts they were acting out.If you watch the television series Charmed (about three witches who are sisters too),there is something natural & believable about the witches & their powers.
I suspect that it's not just better scripts & timing & acting but also the great special effects that the Charmed team use.
You put the lime in the coconut..... - By: CC, 27 May 2006 ....And drink it all up. And that's exactly what i did with this movie.
Me, my mum, my sister & my best friend all love this film.
I haven't read the book & didn't even know that there was one, but i plan on buying & reading it. It wont matter if it's different from the film because i love this film ayway.
Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman shine on screen & make for good acting partners, which i found surprising.
Goran Visjnic (i think that's how you spell it), was excellent as the creepy boyfriend & Stockard Channing & Dianne Weist were perfect as the slightly eccentric aunts.
The story revolves mainly around two sisters who livein a small town with their aunts.
There is a curse upon the female'sin the family that if any man fallsin love with them he will die. And unfortunately that's what happens to Sally's husband early onin the film.
After moving backin with her aunts Sally's sister, Gillian, gets herself into trouble with her scary Bulgarian boyfriend & calls on her beloved sister for help.
The ensuing mishaps & blunders make for good viewing & are just a little scary but a lot of fun.
The girls find themselves trying to cover their tracks with little or no success &in the end the witch's have to put their faith & trustin the women of the town who, for many years have feared & wondered about them,in order to save Gillian's life.
Magic, mayhem & just a little murder are all thrown into the cauldron to make this an enjoyable warm fuzzy movie.
Well worth the money. Highly recommend it.
