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Storyline
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched". |
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The Director
Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron (born May 19, 1941) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, author, and blogger.
She is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. She sometimes writes with her sister Delia Ephron. Her most recent film is Julie & Julia.
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User Reviews
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Early (Less Rough) Review: Um...Not So Magical
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From January 6, 2007:
The only reason I watched this movie is because I happened to catch it right at the beginning (a rarety!) on Encore. Initially, I did want to see it, but then I heard about it and was convinced it probably sucked.
The premise: Hollywood is remaking Bewitched the TV show. Will Ferrell plays Jack Wyatt, a washed up actor looking for a comeback. Nicole Kidman plays Isabelle Bigelow, a Samantha-like witch who, through her expert nose wiggling, gets discovered by Jack as the nobody to his would-be star vehicle to play Samantha. Trouble is, she's a witch looking for normalcy. Apparently, she's tired of getting everything she wants (we always want what we can't have).
This movie didn't suck hard, but it wasn't great. I'll do something unusual and start with my rating, which is a square 5 for mediocre at its core. It was a little better than fair (rating 4) in that there were some funny girl power moments. Nicole Kidman was an awfully cute Samantha knock-off. Michael Caine was delightful as her father, and Kristen Chenoweth (Glinda from Wicked!) was hilarious as her next-door-neighbor turned best friend. Let's not forget Steve Carell, who appeared as some sort of reincarnated though slightly not real figment of Jack's imagination, an embodiment of Uncle Arthur from the TV show, who was Jack's favorite character. His impression was giggleworthy.
All in all, though, this movie wasn't funny. I love Will Ferrell, but his movies are so hit and miss for me. I mean, he is just not consistent. I loved Elf to death, but Anchorman was not the laugh riot everyone had me believe, for example. In this movie, he was not funny. The only time I l...
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reviewed by Pippin2010 (Filmaster.com) on the 26th of January 2010
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I don't know how a script this bad got made.