Despite the modernist incantation, the Ephrons' boob-tube spoof feels like they've channeled a dusty rerun.
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07/01/05
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
41 - 60 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
As a light-hearted, silly movie that didn't try to be anything else, it was funny enough.
07/01/05
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
As far as ill-advised Nicole Kidman vehicles... are concerned, the nicest thing one can say about Bewitched is that it's an improvement over The Stepford Wives.
06/30/05
The biggest letdown is Shirley MacLaine as...the magical, meddling Endora.... She doesn't just phone it in, she refuses to pick up the receiver.
06/30/05
What this revival needs is a good kick in the pants. And that Ephron and friends lack the low cunning to deliver.
06/29/05
The only elements that really work are the supporting cast's spot-on imitations of Bewitched series vets like Paul Lynde and Marion Lorne.
06/29/05
The Ephron sisters, sophisticates entrusted with a simple TV situation comedy, lose the magic of the com as they mess with the sit.
06/29/05
It's so lightweight that the wind from a passing broomstick would collapse its foundations.
06/29/05
Instead of smart commentary on the state of entertainment, we're given a mundane, risk-averse romantic comedy.
06/28/05
A cute comedic performance by Nicole Kidman which outclasses the movie.
06/28/05
Mesmerizing, it's not.
06/27/05
In the original TV series, Elizabeth Montgomery had this kind of sexy, subversive personality. Here we just have this naïve person who just flits about.
06/27/05
Top CriticBewitched 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
Nicole Kidman can twitch her nose at me any time she wants.
06/27/05
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
Watching Nicole Kidman fly around on a broom is one thing, but if you're looking for a little renewed magic, Bewitched unfortunately isn't it.
06/27/05
Bewitched makes last year's Kidman vehicle The Stepford Wives seem almost substantial. It was not.
06/27/05
With such little chemistry between the characters, I’m surprised this film was actually completed.
06/27/05
If a studio absolutely cannot avoid raiding its vaults for a popular TV show to pillage for an extra $1.98 decades later, this is the way to do it.
06/26/05
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