Had it stuck to the ground rules it laid out early on, it would've made sense.
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10/30/06
Bewitched (2005)
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Reviews Counted:179
Fresh:44
Rotten:135
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Bewitched is haunted by scattered laughs and a lack of direction.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $62,252,415
Synopsis: In Columbia Pictures' beguiling romantic comedy, Bewitched, an all-star cast led by Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine cast their spell on the movie version of one of... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine
Director: Nora Ephron
Reviews for Bewitched
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10/18/08
Top CriticWith such little chemistry between the characters, I’m surprised this film was actually completed.
06/27/05
This Nora Ephron scripted/directed romantic comedy is nothing special, but it does have a certain likeability to it that’s compelling.
06/23/05
The movie has more wit than the usual summer fluff, but it's also a forgettable confection that squanders the surprising potential it finds.
07/01/05
This film can be summed up by one of the few good lines in the script, delivered by Shirley MacLaine as she describes movie stars: 'Deep down, there is no deep down.'
06/23/05
Bewitched has more giggles than belly laughs, but it’s not the same-old same old, and the massive appeal of Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman is undeniable.
06/27/05
If you manage to redirect your attention away from her twitching nose, you'll notice a quiet desperation in her tired eyes, which, just like you, wish the whole movie away.
06/22/05
So what's left? Pretty much Kidman's consternation and Ferrell's one-man show, which is funny for awhile but eventually even he runs out of gags. Perhaps more cowbell would have helped.
06/23/05
A fast-paced, quip-witted movie that sends out mixed signals about its deeper message.
06/23/05
...it is the ineffective writing that wrings all the magic out of a concept that should have produced at least a mildly pleasing summer comedy.
07/06/05
Ferrell, in need of a shorter leash, never makes the character any more than a caricature, and Kidman, in a rare comedic role, suffers, too.
07/05/05
If it lost every bad idea, miscast actor, wasted performance, and botched scene, nothing would be left but the end credits.
09/26/05
Going into "Bewitched," you at least expect a reasonably entertaining twist on the popular '60s television show. What you get instead is George Romero's "Land of the Dead."
06/27/05
You will leave the cinema utterly disenchanted.
08/09/05
Lazy in its attempt to be original.
06/20/05
The Ephrons have an easy way with the romantic-comedy genre.
07/14/07
I blame wine-goggles for this mess. And the director is one of our greatest. What was she thinking?
07/05/05
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