Practical Magic

Actor Griffin Dunne improves a bit on his first film as a director, Addicted to Love, with this drama-comedy about a family of witches. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play spell-casting sisters of different temperaments: the former is a high-living, free-spirited sort, while Bullock's character is a homebody who can't get around a family curse that kills the men in their lives. A widowed single mom, Bullock gets into a jam with an abusive Bulgarian (Goran Visnjic) and is helped out by her sibling, but the result brings a good-looking, warm, inquisitive cop (Aidan Quinn) into their lives. The film has a variety of tonal changes--cute, scary, glum--that Dunne can't always effectively juggle. But the female-centric, celebratory nature of the film (the fantasies, the sharing, the witchy bonds) is infectious, and supporting roles by Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing as Kidman and Bullock's magical aunts are a lot of fun. --Tom Keogh

Movie Details

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Goran Visnjic, Aidan Quinn, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexandra Artrip
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 103 mins
DVD Aspect Ratios: 2.35:1

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DVD Features:

Available subtitles: English, French

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Commentary by 'Sandra Bullock, director Griffin Dunne, producer Denise Di Novi and composer Alan Silvestri

Interactive cauldron game

Featurette "Making Magic"

Featurette "Casting the Spell"

International rating:

Europe: 12
Australia: M

DVD International release dates:
North America: Sep 14, 04

VHS International release dates:
North America: Nov 6, 01