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Bewitched (2005)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 183
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 138

Bewitched is haunted by scattered laughs and a lack of direction.

20

Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 41
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 33

Bewitched is haunted by scattered laughs and a lack of direction.

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Average Rating: 2.5/5
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Nora Ephron directed and co-wrote this updated adaptation of a classic situation comedy that also casts a satirical eye on the entertainment industry. Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) is a movie star whose career has been going into a slow and steady decline. Desperate for a project that will give his reputation a jump start, Jack agrees to star in a film version of the once-popular television series Bewitched as hapless hubby Darrin Stephens, under the condition that an unknown actress be cast as the

PG-13, 1 hr. 42 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron

Oct 25, 2005

$62.3M

Columbia Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Bewitched

All Critics (189) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (141) | DVD (25)

By the tepid ending, the movie appears to have been sedated.

November 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsweek | Comment
David Ansen
Newsweek
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What the hell is Will Ferrell doing to his career?

May 12, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Magazine | Comment
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine
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What this revival needs is a good kick in the pants. And that Ephron and friends lack the low cunning to deliver.

June 29, 2005 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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The Ephron sisters, sophisticates entrusted with a simple TV situation comedy, lose the magic of the com as they mess with the sit.

June 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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In the original TV series, Elizabeth Montgomery had this kind of sexy, subversive personality. Here we just have this naďve person who just flits about.

June 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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The artificiality of Bewitched is so exaggerated that it almost works in the movie's favor for the first 20 minutes or so, before that heavy synthetic Ephron odor really sets in.

June 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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The set-up for the story requires the audience be aware they are actually watching a remake of Bewitched at all times. It gets points for being an interesting and different idea for a television remake, but the metatextuality can be off-putting.

January 7, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
Joshua Starnes
ComingSoon.net

With "Bewitched," Nicole Kidman's career slips down yet another rung after her recent cinematic mishaps with "The Stepford Wives" and "Birth."

April 15, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

So-so romantic comedy; only somewhat clever.

July 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

There may be special effects aplenty here, but precious little magic.

May 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
Leslie Felperin
Film4

The Ephrons have an easy way with the romantic-comedy genre.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | Comment
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Has some hilarious moments, mostly thanks to Will Ferrell's zany slapstick, mugging, and other antics.

June 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Princeton Town Topics | Comment
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

As good as some of the gags are, however, they might have fallen flat if performed by lesser talents.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

Had it stuck to the ground rules it laid out early on, it would've made sense.

October 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | Comment
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Despite the intriguing set-up, formula proves as hard a habit for Ephron to kick as magic is for Isabel.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
Ben Walters
Time Out Source: Time Out

Es una lástima que las hermanas Ephron no hayan podido aterrizar una idea que sonaba interesante en un principio pero que, finalmente, es víctima de sus propios malos hechizos

November 25, 2005 Comment
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola
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Bewitched, have a charme made by yours actors, and for be remember a classic series, in this case, the homonymy popular show with Elizabeth Montgomery. But the film, have a terrible screenplay, just like the direction of Nora Ephron, beyond this Bewitched don't have any kind of entertaining or funny. Rotten.

June 26, 2011
Lucas Martins
Lucas Martins

Super Reviewer

Awful. I'm being extremely generous by giving half a star.

June 23, 2011
murphmann93
Bethany Murphy

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Bewitched Quotes

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    1. Isabel Bigelow/Samantha: [jumping up and down in excitement with Maria] I don't know why we're doing this, but it's fun!
    – Submitted by Lea L (11 months ago)
    1. Isabel Bigelow/Samantha: (to Jack) You're sweating again. I love it when you sweat!
    – Submitted by Lea L (11 months ago)
    1. Isabel Bigelow/Samantha: Guess what? I'm a witch!
    – Submitted by Lea L (11 months ago)

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