Bewitched (2005)
Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Kristin Chenoweth ... (see more) , Kate Walsh , Jim Turner
Just when his career hits an all-time low, a conceited and frustrated movie star, Jack Wyatt, gets one last shot when he's cast to do a remake of a cult TV series, 'Bewitched,' playing the lead role of Darren. In search of his leading lady, Samantha, the competitive, insecure Wyatt makes it pretty c... (read more) Just when his career hits an all-time low, a conceited and frustrated movie star, Jack Wyatt, gets one last shot when he's cast to do a remake of a cult TV series, 'Bewitched,' playing the lead role of Darren. In search of his leading lady, Samantha, the competitive, insecure Wyatt makes it pretty clear to his producers that his co-star needs to be an unknown, so as not to steal his thunder. Finally, after weeks of searching, he finds the perfect witch in the shy Isabel Bigelow, but he has no idea just how "perfect" she really is. So, as the script for the popular show is being re-tooled to, instead, center around Darren's character, the actor Wyatt soon discovers that his increasingly annoyed new leading lady, Isabel -- who begins to wreak havoc on set -- is an actual witch, who can truly cast spells.
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PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed by:
Nora Ephron
Release Date: Jun 24, 2005
DVD Release Date: Oct 25, 2005
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I saw this theatres when it was first released. I hadn't seen it since then and I saw it on television recently. It's a terrible film. I don't think the actors are giving it there all in their performances and I think the story is weak.
I'm going against the world for this movie. If you look at the movie from a distance, it's just another stupid, predictable rom-com with funny man Will Ferrell, but if you take the time to examine it...- well, I guess it's the same thing. Nicole Kidm... (read more) I'm going against the world for this movie. If you look at the movie from a distance, it's just another stupid, predictable rom-com with funny man Will Ferrell, but if you take the time to examine it...- well, I guess it's the same thing. Nicole Kidman is just too damn adorable in this role and there were some really funny moments in this movie that makes it impossible to NOT enjoy. I'm not the biggest fan of Nora Ephron and i've pretty much hated most of her stuff, but this movie I thoroughly enjoyed.
Although I must say, if Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell didn't have their funny improvisational skills, and Nicole Kidman wasn't as adorable as she was, this movie would have downright tanked. This movie would have SUCKED if they weren't in it.
I know many people didn't enjoy this, but I thought it was at least entertaining. i would even go as far as to reccomend it. Bewitched isn't a movie that requires you to think, it isn't a movie to be taken seriously, it's a romantic comedy with funny man Will Ferrell and cute Nicole Kidman. If you can get past some predictable and annoying aspects to this film, you'll be fine. It's not something I would watch again, but I did enjoy it. Nora Ephron, well done!
The movie really doesn't do anything for me. Ferrell is playing what I called his annoying self, Kidman is playing her best innocent self which isn't the best of anything. And the writers and directors do their best to be like the TV show, which fa... (read more) The movie really doesn't do anything for me. Ferrell is playing what I called his annoying self, Kidman is playing her best innocent self which isn't the best of anything. And the writers and directors do their best to be like the TV show, which fails completely.
Tout simplement insupportable et pourtant j'aime will ferrell et Micheal Caine
I liked it a lot but a lot of people didn't. Then again I love Will Ferrell.
Critic Reviews
It's a nice ride ... There's nothing subversive or edgy about it ... But it's an agreeable piece of Hollywood product.full review
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.full review
Screenwriters Ephron and her sister Delia are able to get laughs and make character points even in the moments of laying out a fairly involved exposition, and that's no small thing. That's skilled craftsmanship.full review
Ephron seems unsure as to whether she's filming a zany retro comedy or a conventional romance, and the film zips back and forth between genres, never really settling.full review
It is courageously weird -- and that alone casts a spell.full review
Bewitched will not cast you under its spell. It is more likely to bother and bewilder.full review
Nora Ephron used to mine the tension between romantic fantasy and the real (disappointing) world for honest laughs. But now she has settled happily in big-budget star-studded chick-flick land, where it's all synthetic, all the time.full review
It's one of those movies where you smile and laugh and are reasonably entertained, but you get no sense of a mighty enterprise sweeping you along with its comedic force. There is not a movie here. Just scenes in search of one.full review
The kind of movie where the lulls between jokes are brief and you leave the theater a little happier than when you came in.full review
Stepping into Montgomery's shoes is a thankless task, but Kidman comes across as preternaturally flustered by everything that heightened the serenity of her predecessor.full review
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