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Movie ID: 1159
RT slug: practical_magic
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/practical_magic
Release year: 1998
Runtime: 104 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2009-09-01
Tomatometer final: 27%
Audience score final: 73%
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Directors: Griffin Dunne
Writers: Adam Brooks, Akiva Goldsman, Alice Hoffman, Robin Swicord
Producers: Denise Di Novi
MPAA rating: PG-13
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-08-13 11:19:27
Updated: 2026-08-13 11:19:27
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Practical Magic's jarring tonal shifts sink what little potential its offbeat story may have -- though Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock's chemistry makes a strong argument for future collaborations.
Canonical reviews: 102
Canonical fresh: 28
Canonical rotten: 74
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 27%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-08-13 10:37:00
Snapshot Tomatometer: 27%
Snapshot review count: 102
Snapshot fresh count: 28
Snapshot rotten count: 74
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #2735 (full_snapshot)
| Company | Role |
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| Warner Bros. | distributor |
| Warner Bros. Pictures | distributor |
| Warner Home Vídeo | distributor |
| DiNovi Pictures | production |
| Fortis Films | production |
| Warner Brothers | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Bullock | Sally Owens |
| 2 | Nicole Kidman | Gillian Owens |
| 3 | Dianne Wiest | Aunt Bridget 'Jet' Owens |
| 4 | Stockard Channing | Frances Owens |
| 5 | Aidan Quinn | Officer Gary Hallet |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242738 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-06T22:39:36.000Z | 2026-08-06 22:39:36 | A zanier adventure in occult romance can hardly be imagined, and the elements of grown up noir violence only make it weirder -- it is as if The Witches of Eastwick took on something of Thelma & Louise with a decaffeinated David Lynch. |
| 242739 | Chance Solem-Pfeifer | Willamette Week | Fresh | — | 2025-01-22T20:16:47.000Z | 2025-01-22 20:16:47 | There’s a particular exhilaration to movies that veer off-road without announcement or apology—the “midnight margaritas” interlude in Practical Magic being one of the all-time joyful examples. |
| 242740 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Rotten | 4/10 | 2024-12-29T09:41:02.000Z | 2024-12-29 09:41:02 | The majority of it is mischievousness, meddling in love lives, and wee-hour revelry; the bulk of the preternatural shenanigans are entirely frivolous – lending to something of a tonal mishmash. |
| 242741 | Natasha Alvar | Hallmarkies Podcast | Fresh | — | 2024-10-30T11:34:56.000Z | 2024-10-30 11:34:56 | Iconic. Great soundtrack, great performances, good ensemble, and Aidan Quinn is the best romantic lead. |
| 242742 | Rachel Wagner | Hallmarkies Podcast | Fresh | — | 2024-09-25T22:48:55.000Z | 2024-09-25 22:48:55 | Holds up quite well. A fun movie about the power of female friendship |
| 242743 | Andrew Galdi | Movie Bitches | Fresh | 5/5 | 2023-10-05T19:32:51.000Z | 2023-10-05 19:32:51 | Sure there are plot holes, but it's so fun that they don't matter |
| 242744 | Avaryl Halley | Movie Bitches | Fresh | 5/5 | 2023-10-05T19:32:15.000Z | 2023-10-05 19:32:15 | “This movie is fundamental to my being” |
| 242745 | CJ Sheu | Review Film Review | Fresh | — | 2022-05-29T13:05:03.000Z | 2022-05-29 13:05:03 | Few films have such warmth and purity of heart, which are buoyed by its fabular storybook quality[.] |
| 242746 | Zofia Wijaszka | The Film Nerdette | Fresh | B | 2022-05-19T06:49:32.000Z | 2022-05-19 06:49:32 | As the title indicates, "Practical Magic" is packed with titular magic but not only — it contains an empowering narrative, highlights the importance of sisterhood, and discusses how difficult it is to walk away from domestic abuse. |
| 242747 | PJ Nabarro | Patrick Nabarro | Rotten | 2/5 | 2021-10-25T16:00:30.000Z | 2021-10-25 16:00:30 | The film is so twee and polite that it almost passes by without any palpable register of emotion, tension or surprise. |
| 242748 | Sezín Koehler | Black Girl Nerds | Fresh | 5/5 | 2020-05-23T22:50:12.000Z | 2020-05-23 22:50:12 | From blood moons to self-stirring spoons and long luscious locks, the Owens women are a magical brood. |
| 242749 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 2/4 | 2020-03-01T14:10:25.000Z | 2020-03-01 14:10:25 | The picture's hopelessly uninvolving feel is especially disappointing given Bullock and Kidman's typically charismatic work... |
| 242750 | Becky Kukla | Film Inquiry | Fresh | — | 2019-06-07T04:17:56.000Z | 2019-06-07 04:17:56 | It may be quirky, bizarre and in some places very clunky, but Practical Magic deserves a second chance. |
| 242751 | Jo Berry | Radio Times | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-03-30T23:05:58.000Z | 2019-03-30 23:05:58 | Unfortunately, this is The Witches of Eastwick with its humour and sizzle removed. |
| 242753 | Michael Dwyer | Irish Times | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T23:00:55.000Z | 2019-03-30 23:00:55 | [An] inane and insipid effort beset by ponderous plotting. |
| 242752 | Anthony Quinn | Independent (UK) | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T23:00:55.000Z | 2019-03-30 23:00:55 | Filming in a golden-syrupy light, Dunne seems to have little ambition beyond making his stars look adorable (not tricky) and hoping we'll have forgotten most of The Witches of Eastwick. |
| 242754 | Xan Brooks | Independent on Sunday | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T22:55:55.000Z | 2019-03-30 22:55:55 | Essentially a sibling soap-opera with a dash of mumbo-jumbo. |
| 242755 | Garth Stahl | Hartford Courant | Rotten | 2/4 | 2019-03-30T22:50:50.000Z | 2019-03-30 22:50:50 | Practical Magic has its flaws. Some scenes are weak, occasionally lines are a little muddled, and there is some plot underdevelopment. Yet it is daring and fun. |
| 242756 | Jami Bernard | New York Daily News | Rotten | 1/4 | 2019-03-30T22:30:59.000Z | 2019-03-30 22:30:59 | It doesn't seem as if there was much communication between the three screenwriters who are credited with adapting Alice Hoffman's novel. Perhaps they should have tried ESP. |
| 242757 | Jay Boyar | Orlando Sentinel | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T22:21:12.000Z | 2019-03-30 22:21:12 | Practical Magic, in other words, is anything but magical. The only spell it casts will put you right to sleep. |
| 242758 | Dennis King | Tulsa World | Rotten | 2/4 | 2019-03-30T22:11:22.000Z | 2019-03-30 22:11:22 | Without a consistent tone or any real measure of emotional consistency, Practical Magic occasionally manages to bubble, but it's barely worth the toil and trouble. |
| 242759 | Chris Kaltenbach | Baltimore Sun | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2019-03-30T21:56:36.000Z | 2019-03-30 21:56:36 | Bullock and Kidman are both wonderful actresses, and watching them for two hours could never be called a chore. But even they seem to have trouble pinning the movie down. |
| 242760 | Laura Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Rotten | C- | 2019-03-30T20:59:36.000Z | 2019-03-30 20:59:36 | Practical Magic has little chemistry and less movie magic. |
| 242761 | Caroline Framke | Vox | Fresh | — | 2019-03-30T15:27:22.000Z | 2019-03-30 15:27:22 | However many stories the movie tries to tackle from Alice Hoffman's original novel, the moments that have lived beyond Practical Magic's expected expiration date celebrate sisterhood with a fierce heart and love that blazes across cities. |
| 242763 | Angie Errigo | Empire Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2019-03-30T15:17:17.000Z | 2019-03-30 15:17:17 | It tootles along being cute... but to further its notions of sisterhood and the power of women, it also takes a spin through Thelma And Louise territory, then revisits The Exorcist to up the supernatural content. It's enough to make your head spin. |
| 242762 | Lisa Alspector | Chicago Reader | Fresh | — | 2019-03-30T15:17:17.000Z | 2019-03-30 15:17:17 | Though its startling shifts in tone sometimes seem unmotivated, this dark yet syrupy 1998 romance has an adolescent charm. |
| 242764 | Rita Kempley | Washington Post | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T14:21:41.000Z | 2019-03-30 14:21:41 | Though the tale is not without its charms, its spell is repeatedly broken by the random pace and tone. |
| 242765 | Keith Phipps | AV Club | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T14:17:20.000Z | 2019-03-30 14:17:20 | ts flat whimsy, VH1-ready musical montage sequences, and less-than-magic magic realism will probably not be enough to hold the attention of all but the most undiscriminating fans of witches and Stockard Channing. |
| 242767 | Maitland McDonagh | TV Guide | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2019-03-30T14:06:23.000Z | 2019-03-30 14:06:23 | Mind-boggling miscalculations strangle this adaptation of Alice Hoffman's popular novel before it can find its feet. |
| 242766 | Bill Gallo | New Times | Rotten | — | 2019-03-30T14:06:23.000Z | 2019-03-30 14:06:23 | As witch movies go -- even lighthearted, supposedly comic witch movies -- Practical Magic is conspicuously lacking in supernatural phenomena. |
| 242768 | Bob Thomas | Associated Press | Fresh | — | 2012-06-18T05:16:01.000Z | 2012-06-18 05:16:01 | Bullock brings the needed tone of credibility to Practical Magic, while Kidman delivers excitement and unpredictability. |
| 242769 | Nell Minow | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2010-12-27T19:14:50.000Z | 2010-12-27 19:14:50 | Uneven adaptation of lyrical novel. |
| 242770 | Walter Chaw | Film Freak Central | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2010-09-28T23:08:27.000Z | 2010-09-28 23:08:27 | A bad sign when the only female in the creative process is Swicord |
| 242771 | John J. Puccio | Movie Metropolis | Rotten | 6/10 | 2010-07-03T11:00:50.000Z | 2010-07-03 11:00:50 | ...applies a layer of Hollywood gloss, sentimentality, and hyperbole to the proceedings. |
| 242772 | Steve Biodrowski | ESplatter | Rotten | — | 2008-07-12T16:53:48.000Z | 2008-07-12 16:53:48 | 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. |
| 242773 | Rob Gonsalves | Rob's Movie Vault | Rotten | D | 2007-09-22T16:38:11.000Z | 2007-09-22 16:38:11 | Has something to annoy just about everyone: feminists of either gender, Wiccans, or just people expecting a good movie. |
| 242774 | Garth Franklin | Dark Horizons | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2006-10-30T03:17:55.000Z | 2006-10-30 03:17:55 | — |
| 242775 | Charlotte O'Sullivan | Time Out | Rotten | — | 2006-06-24T03:44:26.000Z | 2006-06-24 03:44:26 | This is a film with neither heart nor mind. Adapted from Alice Hoffman's bestseller, it substitutes set pieces for drama and music for dialogue. |
| 242776 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Combustible Celluloid | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2006-05-26T03:16:48.000Z | 2006-05-26 03:16:48 | Not a great movie, and not even a particularly good movie. But it was my 30th birthday movie, and I saw it with my wife in Manhattan, so it will always be kind of special. |
| 242777 | John Venable | Supercala.com | Rotten | 2/10 | 2005-12-31T14:56:48.000Z | 2005-12-31 14:56:48 | An absolute waste of time. |
| 242778 | Jeff Millar | Houston Chronicle | Rotten | — | 2005-07-21T03:42:54.000Z | 2005-07-21 03:42:54 | Kidman and Bullock seem to be having fun with this, especially in the scenes where the practice of witchcraft, not an everyday thing to either of them, becomes desperate and, you know, icky. |
| 242779 | Robin Clifford | Reeling Reviews | Rotten | D+ | 2005-04-09T03:52:35.000Z | 2005-04-09 03:52:35 | Never mind comparing it to the book. There is no comparison. |
| 242780 | Dragan Antulov | rec.arts.movies.reviews | Rotten | 2/10 | 2004-09-07T13:09:50.000Z | 2004-09-07 13:09:50 | — |
| 242781 | Jeanne Aufmuth | Palo Alto Weekly | Fresh | 3/4 | 2003-05-14T17:19:38.000Z | 2003-05-14 17:19:38 | Romantic, entertaining and a trifle spooky, this one screams date movie. |
| 242782 | John R. McEwen | Film Quips Online | Fresh | 4/5 | 2003-02-08T08:37:34.000Z | 2003-02-08 08:37:34 | If you're interested in a fun, romantic romp through the world of witchery, Griffin Dunne's Practical Magic is a serviceable piece of fluff. |
| 242783 | Christine James | Boxoffice Magazine | Fresh | 3/5 | 2002-06-05T08:24:20.000Z | 2002-06-05 08:24:20 | Spirited performances conjure mostly enjoyable results, though it's not the devilish fun it could have been. |
| 242784 | Rick Groen | Globe and Mail | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2002-04-12T08:21:05.000Z | 2002-04-12 08:21:05 | A bunch of pointy hats in search of a transporting broomstick. |
| 242785 | Peg Aloi | Boston Phoenix | Fresh | — | 2002-03-24T08:20:44.000Z | 2002-03-24 08:20:44 | Griffin Dunne's cunningly crafted romp bears only slight resemblance to Alice Hoffman's romantic novel, but its wry humor and lush imagery make for a fun, feel-good movie just in time for Halloween. |
| 242786 | Kevin Maher | Sight & Sound | Rotten | — | 2002-03-05T08:02:10.000Z | 2002-03-05 08:02:10 | The movie is certainly easy to watch. But without any single overriding dramatic motor to guide it, this prettiness soon becomes repetitive and ultimately irksome. |
| 242787 | Jim Chastain | Norman Transcript | Rotten | — | 2001-03-12T12:36:00.000Z | 2001-03-12 12:36:00 | Hocus pocus without focus. |
| 242789 | David Sterritt | Christian Science Monitor | Fresh | 3/4 | 2001-02-27T17:50:56.000Z | 2001-02-27 17:50:56 | Lively acting, eye-catching cinematography, and funny dialogue lift this fantasy a notch above the average until love-story cliches and horror-movie shocks bog it down in the second half. |
| 242788 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Rotten | 2/4 | 2001-02-27T17:50:56.000Z | 2001-02-27 17:50:56 | An anemic supernatural black comedy. |
| 242790 | Jack Mathews | Los Angeles Times | Rotten | — | 2001-02-14T00:38:06.000Z | 2001-02-14 00:38:06 | Even at today's inflated ticket prices, a two-for-one witch offer like this should be a bargain. So, why isn't it? Why does Practical Magic, with its big stars and major studio movie budget, feel like a sitcom with the air let out of it? |
| 242791 | Robert Roten | Laramie Movie Scope | Rotten | C | 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2001-01-01 00:00:00 | It's an odd mixture of murder, magic, comedy romance and drama that doesn't quite work. |
| 242839 | Emanuel Levy | Variety | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Part comedy, part family drama, part romance, part special-effects mystery-adventure, and not entirely satisfying on any of these levels. |
| 242838 | Bob Fenster | Arizona Republic | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | What a disappointing mess made from such a promising premise! |
| 242837 | Kevin Maynard | Mr. Showbiz | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic doesn't cast much of a spell! |
| 242836 | Erik Childress | eFilmCritic.com | Rotten | 2/5 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | What was the point of this film? |
| 242835 | Paul Clinton (CNN.com) | CNN.com | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Dont get me wrong. Practical Magic isnt a bad movie. Its just not particularly good. |
| 242834 | Harvey S. Karten | Compuserve | Rotten | 6/10 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A Halloween movie with amorous themes but is such a hodgepodge that it serves as neither an effective, Charles -Addams- style spoof of the supernatural genre nor a convincing romantic comedy. |
| 242833 | Michael Dequina | TheMovieReport.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A muddled melange of genres that fails to come up with a distinct identity. |
| 242832 | Jack Garner | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | Rotten | 4/10 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A mediocre mishmash of female-bonding comedy, schmaltzy romance and blessedly brief horror about latter-day witchcraft! |
| 242831 | Philip Wuntch | Dallas Morning News | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A crafty chick flick about likable witches! |
| 242830 | James Sanford | Kalamazoo Gazette | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | The most appealing aspect of "Practical Magic," unsurprisingly, is the pairing of Bullock and Kidman, two of the most likable stars around. Both are in terrific form here... |
| 242829 | Andrew Manning | Radio Free Entertainment | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Light hearted and fun! |
| 242828 | E! Staff | E! Online | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Slick and mostly successful! |
| 242827 | Eve Zibart | Washington Post | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Not that the movie isn't fun in spots; it's just a TV-ready mix of camp and curdle. |
| 242826 | Ed Kelleher | Film Journal International | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic, a promising but muddled comedy about sibling witches with, perhaps inevitably, some unthreatening feminism thrown into the mix. |
| 242825 | Jeff Vice | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Sound confusing? This movie is, but even more than that it's frustrating, given the amount of talent involved here. Practical Magic has a terrific cast, but aside from stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, they're not given nearly enough to do. |
| 242824 | Ben Williams | Citysearch | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A big mess! |
| 242823 | David Keyes | Cinemaphile.org | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | This is where the fun stops -- ten minutes after the movie starts. |
| 242822 | James Brundage | Filmcritic.com | Rotten | 3/5 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | What it is is OK. Nothing more, nothing less. |
| 242821 | David Hunter | The Hollywood Reporter | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A disappointing brew of slick commercial moviemaking and old-fashioned romantic fantasy! |
| 242820 | Steve Rhodes | Internet Reviews | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | — |
| 242819 | Ian Mantgani | UK Critic | Rotten | 4/10 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | — |
| 242818 | Jim Judy | Screen It! | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | The film consequently feels anemic and scattered most of the time. |
| 242817 | Duane Dudek | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic is delightful sweetmeat for Halloween. |
| 242816 | Lawrence Toppman | Charlotte Observer | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | The film creaked to a halt like a 1956 Buick running on fumes! |
| 242815 | Susan Stark | Detroit News | Rotten | 2/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A saga that lacks the courage of its own odd convictions. |
| 242814 | Madeleine Williams | Cinematter | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic is a nice enough movie, but, on the whole, it's disappointing. |
| 242813 | Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times | Rotten | 2/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | The movie doesn't seem sure what tone to adopt, veering uncertainly from horror to laughs to romance. |
| 242812 | Owen Gleiberman | Entertainment Weekly | Rotten | D | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A witch comedy so slapdash, plodding, and muddled it seems to have had a hex put on it. |
| 242811 | Laura Miller | Salon.com | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Like the rest of this new breed of witch story, it's about sisterhood instead of the supreme allure of housewifery, but like all too many witch movies (old and new), it's really just a self-congratulatory paean to banality and shrunken horizons. |
| 242810 | Mick LaSalle | San Francisco Chronicle | Fresh | 2.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic is neither good nor great, but it is pleasant. That's about the best and the worst that can be said for it. |
| 242809 | Joe Baltake | Sacramento Bee | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic has just about everything going for it except a decent plot. |
| 242808 | Pam Grady | Reel.com | Rotten | 2/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | What ultimately sinks Practical Magic is the wildly shifting tone. Sitcom-level comedy, dark drama, and light romance make for an unwieldy blend. |
| 242807 | Cheryl DeWolfe | Apollo Guide | Fresh | 80/100 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic is sweet, sassy, sexy and smart. |
| 242806 | Sarah Kerr | The New Yorker | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | [Practical Magic] can't decide whether it's a horror show, a cute comedy, or a soap opera. |
| 242805 | James Berardinelli | ReelViews | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Although I enjoyed portions of the movie, I can't wholeheartedly recommend something with such an unfortunate and dissatisfying conclusion! |
| 242804 | MaryAnn Johanson | Flick Filosopher | Fresh | 6/10 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | The movie has a few nice performances. But the seasoned movie fan will be sorely disappointed. |
| 242803 | Janet Maslin | New York Times | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Despite a transcendently silly story line and a lot more froufrou touches than the traffic will bear, it's liable to work as escapism for anyone who thinks Little Women has too much grit. |
| 242802 | Dennis Lim | Village Voice | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | The title is, to say the least, an understatement. Witchcraft has rarely looked more prosaic and less sexy than it does in Griffin Dunne's Practical Magic. |
| 242801 | Edvins Beitiks | San Francisco Examiner | Fresh | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practical Magic is curiously satisfying, a good movie for Halloween. |
| 242800 | Jorge Avila Andrade | Moviola | Rotten | 2.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Nunca termina por definir si se trata de una historia de amor, de horror o una comedia |
| 242799 | Russell Smith | Austin Chronicle | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | It's just a little too ironic that a movie with the word "magic" in its title should be such a perfect example of the difference between competence and inspiration. |
| 242798 | Julie Hinds | San Jose Mercury News | Rotten | — | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | A flat, unappealing potion! |
| 242797 | JoBlo | JoBlo's Movie Network | Rotten | 2/10 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | I've been waiting for a good witch movie for a while now, but hold on to your brooms and incantations, cause this puppy is far from being it! |
| 242796 | David N. Butterworth | rec.arts.movies.reviews | Rotten | 2/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | Practically magic, but not quite. |
| 242795 | Mark Caro | Chicago Tribune | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | For all of its celebration of female power, Practical Magic can't come up with any greater mission for Sally and Gilly than to land the perfect man. |
| 242794 | Rob Blackwelder | SPLICEDWire | Rotten | 0.5/4 | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z | 2000-01-01 00:00:00 | [Practical Magic is] the kind of inconsistent, contradictory story that only employs the covenants of its genre when the script called for it, and not when it would be logical to do so. |
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