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Movie Overview
Cast
Nicole Kidman
Will Ferrell
Shirley MacLaine
Director
Nora Ephron
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - some language including sex and drug references and partial nudity
Bewitched (2005)
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OFCS Rating: 21% Rotten
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B-
"If at first you don't succeed, just rewind. See the film and you'll get it."
FromTheBalcony
Bill Clark
C
"
Bewitched
is a poorly executed mess that no wiggle of the nose can save."
FilmJerk.com
Brian Orndorf
2.5/4
"What keeps
Bewitched
just barely out of the summer slush pile is its sense of light-hearted fun."
Slant Magazine
Chris Barsanti
C-
"With "Bewitched," Nicole Kidman's career slips down yet another rung after her recent cinematic mishaps with "The Stepford Wives" and "Birth.""
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
"Kidman again reveals her light, precise comic touch."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
2/5
"It’s got some special effects, but the magic’s in short supply."
eFilmCritic.com
Dan Lybarger
2/4
"...a fairly mediocre little comedy that proves that Nicole Kidman should probably stay away from the genre."
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
C
"The remake of a TV show should have come with canned laughter because after awhile it was hard to tell that this was supposed to be a comedy."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
2/4
"Feels unfinished, like a rough cut still awaiting a much-needed polish. Fleetingly amusing? Yes. Full-out magical? Not so much."
DustinPutman.com
Dustin Putman
B-
"A rather charming and delightful comedy, its many flaws notwithstanding."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
C
"Almost unprofessional."
Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
D
"Loud, frantic and charmless...
Bewitched
is really the wrong title for this botched brew, but then 'Cursed' was already taken."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
1/4
"A travesty of monumental proportions."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
2/5
"Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman try to turn an old TV show into a magical Hollywood satire, but their trick's not much of a treat."
Netflix
James Rocchi
3/10
"
Bewitched
[the show] was unassuming, charming, maybe a little innocent; this movie is smug, patronizing, and a little infantile."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Jeffrey Chen
5/10
"...I’m not sure if I’m just Ferrell’d out or if his character in this movie just didn’t strike me as being overly humorous.."
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
3/4
"The Ephrons have an easy way with the romantic-comedy genre."
Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
2.5/4
"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"
Moviola
Jorge Avila Andrade
2.5/5
"full review in Greek"
Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis
2.5/5
"The trailer gave away what this movie needed to give us lots of: surprises. Sweet, funny, amusing, but never gels."
Cinerina
Karina Montgomery
2/5
"With such little chemistry between the characters, I’m surprised this film was actually completed."
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
C-
"Dreary dialogue, over-exposure to Ferrell and Kidman's ill-informed direction to channel Marilyn lite make
Bewitched
a bad spell at the movies. "
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
2/5
"Once the multilayered real-vs.-reel high jinks wear out their welcome, the absence of magic is sadly evident."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
"[A]n evil brew of misogynist tripe, faux-ironic nostalgia, and painfully false romantic comedy that purports to be... ‘edgy’..."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
2/4
"Ephron takes a perfectly workable, big-screen ready concept and renders it needlessly complicated and barely recognizable."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
3/4
"
Bewitched
has more giggles than belly laughs, but it’s not the same-old same old, and the massive appeal of Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman is undeniable."
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
B+
"As cute as the magical twitch of Samantha Stephens' nose."
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Nell Minow
2/5
"starts promisingly, with an ingenious premise, an engaging cast and a bouncy tone ... then turns into an especially slushy Ephron rom-com"
Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
C-
"[The TV
Bewitched
is] a heck of a lot better and much more entertaining than this new “reinvention”"
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
6/10
"Fast out of the gate but slowing in the back stretch, this film will need witchcraft to keep all but the hardiest fans awake for the final kiss."
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
C
"If only someone in the script department could wiggle their nose, we might have had a few more laughs to hang our pointed black caps on."
Flipside Movie Emporium
Sean O'Connell
6/10
"A cute comedic performance by Nicole Kidman which outclasses the movie."
Modamag.com
Susan Granger
0/4
"You're likely to want to pluck out your eyeballs."
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
2/4
"Blame Will Farrell and the director who let him run amok for the failure of this film."
Oscar Guy
Wesley Lovell
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Felix Vasquez Jr.
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