Practical Magic

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• Format: VHS Tape
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0790742675
• ISBN13: 9780790742670
• Release Date: July 1999
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Warner Studios
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lovers doomed to die.

The storyline is loosely based on a book by Alice Hoffman. It is more of a 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.