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Film Review:- BEWITCHED
By Dionne Ankrah
THIS film is
centred on Nicole Kidman who plays Isobel Bigelow, who as a real
witch wants to start a new life. Isobel Bigelow wants to be normal
and settle down in suburbia, by using no magic and settling down
with a normal man only to end up playing Samantha in a remake of
bewitched.
I don’t think this film worked because instead of doing an up to
date version of this classic film, the directors and screenwriters
have decided to make it about the making of a new TV series called
bewitched. This only seemed to confuse things even more as you
couldn’t work out weather we where watching the film or the film
about the remake.
Michael Caine was great playing the womanising father of Isobel
Bigelow, and Shirley MacLaine was also great playing Andorra in the
film of the remake and the wise older woman in the film. Will
Ferrell who is Isobel’s love interest continued to be arrogant and
annoying all the way through the film. Nicole Kidman was a big
disappointment as she reminded me of the typical dumb blonde, when
really we know she is smart and has a greater acting capacity. All
in all this film was a big let down and not very funny.
Our star rating:- two out of five.
UK Rating:-
= PG
Cast overview...
first billing only:-
Nicole Kidman as Isabel Bigelow/Samantha; Will Ferrell as Jack
Wyatt/Darrin; Shirley MacLaine as Iris Smythson/Endora; Michael
Caine as Nigel Bigelow; Jason Schwartzman as Ritchie; Kristin
Chenoweth as Maria Kelly; Heather Burns as Nina; Jim Turner as
Larry; Stephen Colbert as Stu Robison; David Alan Grier as Jim
Fields; Michael Badalucco as Joey Props; Carole Shelley as Aunt
Clara; Steve Carell as Uncle Arthur; Katie Finneran as Sheila Wyatt
and James Lipton as Himself
Directed by:-
Nora Ephron
Writing credits:- Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
Runtime:-
102 min
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