Practical Magic

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, et al.

For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085391632221
• Release Date: January 1999
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Warner Home Video
• Director: Griffin Dunne
• Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quinn, Goran Visnjic, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexandra Astrip, Mark Feuerstein
• Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Lovers doomed to die.

The storyline is loosely based on a book by Alice Hoffman. It is more of the screenplay by Robin Swicord, who also wrote the screenplay for “Matilda” (1996). Sisters Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) were brought up by their maiden aunts after their parents died. They learn of magic and its pluses and minuses by observing their aunts from a distance. They also have to overcome (if possible) the family curse that the gentlemen in their lives are destined to meet an early demise. One highlight of the movie is when we find that the other women in the village did not disdain the Owens; it's just that they have not been invited to help. The story deviates from the book in the sense that they do not even try to mask the fact that they are sort of kooky witches, even though the whole town knows about them. The men in their lives are too naive to notice when their time is up. So, watch and have fun. Then read the book.