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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... 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 TV's most memorable and beloved shows under the direction of Nora Ephron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Delia Ephron for producers Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Penny Marshall and Nora Ephron. Out in California's San Fernando Valley, Isabel (Nicole Kidman), is trying to reinvent herself. A naive, good-natured witch, she is determined to disavow her supernatural powers and lead a "normal" life. At the same time, across town, Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) a tall, charming actor is trying to get his career back on track. He sets his sights on an updated version of the beloved 1960's situation comedy "Bewitched," reconceived as a starring vehicle for himself in the role of the mere-mortal Darrin. Fate steps in when Jack accidentally runs into Isabel. He is immediately attracted to her and her nose, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the nose of Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha in the original TV version of "Bewitched." He becomes convinced she could play the witch Samantha in his new series. Isabel is also taken with Jack, seeing him as the quintessential mortal man with whom she can settle down and lead the normal life she so desires. It turns out they're both right - but in ways neither of them ever imagined. Columbia Pictures Presents A Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wich/Penny Marshall Production Bewitched starring Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine. The film also stars Jason Schwartzman, Kristin Chenoweth, Heather Burns, Jim Turner, Stephen Colbert, David Alan Grier and Steve Carell. The director is Nora Ephron. Written by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron. The producers are Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Penny Marshall and Nora Ephron. The executive producers are James W. Skotchdopole, Steven H. Berman and Bobby Cohen. The production designer is Neil Spisak. The editor is Tia Nolan. The costume designer is Mary Zophres. The music is by George Fenton. -- © Columbia Pictures [More]

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman, Kristin Chenoweth, Steve Carell

Director: Nora Ephron

Director: Nora Ephron
Screenwriter: Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Producer: Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Penny Marshall, Nora Ephron
Composer: George Fenton
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Kidman again reveals her light, precise comic touch.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
06/24/05
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

If showbiz was baseball, Nicole Kidman would be precariously close to striking out.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
06/24/05
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

[The TV Bewitched is] a heck of a lot better and much more entertaining than this new “reinvention”

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/24/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

After Kidman and Ferrell have hit all the expected marks (meet cute, encounter obstacles, fall in love, encounter fatal setback, fall back in love), the movie winds up being hoist on its own petard, becoming the butt of one of its own inside jokes.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/24/05
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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For one thing, it looks every bit as drab as the average 1966 sitcom did: overlit, flat, studiobound and phony. For another, it's just as unfunny as the original.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
06/24/05
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star

Once the multilayered real-vs.-reel high jinks wear out their welcome, the absence of magic is sadly evident.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/24/05
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The fluffiest surprise of the summer. When it comes to the race for giggles, it's Nicole by a nose.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
06/24/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Kidman is enchanting, true, and Caine, MacLaine and Chenoweth work hard, but even with the few good gags sprinkled throughout, you don't leave the theater smiling. The spell fades. The magic just isn't there.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/24/05
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

Though there are funny bits here and there, the script just isn't funny enough.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/24/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

It is courageously weird -- and that alone casts a spell.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/24/05
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle

Ephron casts a spell full of romantic-comedy charm even as it goes about the post-modern business of toying with our fondness for pop-cultural baubles like Bewitched. Consider the sparkling mood Ephron maintains as irreverent reverence.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
06/24/05
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

If it were an outright train wreck, you could dismiss Bewitched as simply another failed small-screen-to-big-screen adaptation. But its mediocrity suggests that all it would have taken is some more work to make a decent movie.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
06/24/05
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Bewitched is respectful of its origin, and it's brave enough to go beyond the obvious. Unfortunately, it goes beyond in a somewhat wrong direction. As a result, this broom stick doesn't really fly, it just glides along.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
06/24/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

Admittedly, there's a certain fascination in watching Kidman deliver these lines. You can see her struggling to make acting decisions with a character who requires none.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/24/05
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

Ms. Kidman goes through it all as if impersonating an adorable trick-or-treater.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
06/24/05
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

Instead of being bewitched, we're bothered and bewildered.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
06/24/05
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

I was bewitched by the first third of Nora Ephron's new film, bothered by some unnecessary flab in the middle, then bewildered by a finale in which a guy who exists only in a character's mind drives an auto around Los Angeles.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
06/24/05
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

...the Ephrons seem overwhelmed by their own concept.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
06/24/05
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

[An] occasionally amusing but entirely forgettable film.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/24/05
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

The "love story" is so anemic and cloying that you just want to wave a wand and make it disappear.

Full Review Source: Fresno Bee | comment Comment
06/24/05
Donald Munro
Donald Munro
Fresno Bee
 
 
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