If nothing else, the screenwriters deserve recognition for the nerve it took to employ what must be the most outrageously lazy writer's device in the history of cinema.
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Practical Magic (1998)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:11
Rotten:42
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: Comedy, romance, and humor mix with unsatisfying results.
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This romantic comedy, which is based on Alice Hoffman's best-selling novel, introduces the Owens sisters (Bullock and Kidman), who try to use their hereditary gift of witchcraft to help them find... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing
Director: Griffin Dunne
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Reviews for Practical Magic
Has something to annoy just about everyone: feminists of either gender, Wiccans, or just people expecting a good movie.
09/22/07
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10/30/06
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06/24/06
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05/26/06
An absolute waste of time.
12/31/05
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07/21/05
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11/06/02
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03/24/02
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03/05/02
...an innocuous piece of sugarcoated Hollywood fluff.
04/08/01
Hocus pocus without focus.
03/12/01
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02/27/01
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