Bewitched

Pros: Clever story, strong screenplay, good performance
Cons: predictable love story, the producers failed to cast me as Samantha

I wanted it. I wanted it all. The twitching nose, the fab hairdo and the most coveted treasure of all – the magic. I wanted that magic. That’s right, I wanted to be Samantha Stephens. I figured I would dump Darrin, hex the boss and the nosy ...

Pros: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Michael Caine, and Shirley MacLaine. Unique twist for the story.
Cons: Caine and MacLaine underused. Predictable moments.

When I was a child, I remember seeing reruns of the television show Bewitched. I liked the show. I still see the reruns every so often and enjoy them. I can’t remember exactly when I first heard about a movie version being made, but I ...

Pros: Kidman, Cain, MacLaine.. and yes, even Ferrell
Cons: Opening song

I grew up with Samantha Stevens and like all of my friends I dreamt of waking up with those magical powers. She was fun, she was ornery, and she just wanted to be normal and live a normal life... but things kept happening to tempt her into using her ...

Pros: Kidman, Farrell; The interesting screenplay
Cons: The movie's ending; Shirley MacLaine's lack of any real part in the film

2005 seems to be the year of the movie remake. Several of the movies I have seen this year are either remakes of old movies or remakes of television shows, made into movies. This film, Bewitched, fits into the latter category. It is a movie based ...

Pros: Talented cast; fun premise; nostalgic clips of the old Bewitched
Cons: Cast not given enough to do; film morphs into standard Ephron romantic comedy

"Da-dum! Da-Dum. Da-Dum-Dum-Dum-Dum Dum." Oh that I could translate written syllables into energetic and brassy notes, lightly sprinkled with some symphonic bells that remind you of starshine on a moonlit night. Then you would know that what I'm humming ...

Pros: Ferrell and Kidman seem to work well as comedy duo, nice supporting cast, funny
Cons: sometimes very un-funny, too many "inside" jokes

The famous television show from the 1960's returned with a souped up Hollywood film in 2005. The updated version takes a slant on the story, by viewing it as a show, and rather than rehashing the same story, they try to put a new spin on it. Leading ...

Pros: all the glitter money can buy, including pop songs licensed for nostalgia
Cons: spray-painted dung with no sense of what it is or what it's doing

'Tis the season of remakes. For purists, it's a sign the sky is falling, but some of these are pretty good. Unfortunately, Bewitched isn't one of them. In fact, Bewitched is the worst remake I have ever seen - and I've seen so many I've lost count. ...

Pros: Funny clips from the old TV show, nice acting
Cons: Lacking a true focus, direction or desire

I don't think I've ever seen an episode of Bewitched in its entirety before. If that makes anything I have to say a moot point, so be it. But I'm in the wrong age bracket, that's for sure. Being born in 1976 basically means you haven't the ...

Pros: Rather than being a remake, it's about a remake
Cons: The witch is way too powerful, abrupt end

Bewitched seemed like it would be better than it was. The movie stars a popular comic actor (Will Ferrell) and an Oscar-winning redhead beauty (Nicole Kidman), plus two veteran Oscar-winning actors (Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine). On top of ...

Pros: if you get with the joke it's great!
Cons: some more back story might've helped

I may try to think too much, and a be little sadomasochistic, but I sat down to watch Nora Ephron’s remake of the TV show “Bewitched”, decidedly determined to not like it, but was magically taken over by the way the director and her assembled cast ...

Pros: A great premise
Cons: A lousy execution

I have been really looking forward to seeing the new movie Bewitched. I love Nicole Kidman. I thought the idea of casting Shirley McLaine as Endora was a stroke of genius. Will Ferrell movies have been hit or miss with me. Still, that picture of ...

Pros: Original reworking of a classic sit-com.
Cons: Formulaic romantic comedy plot

Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) has hit a career snag. His last couple of movies have flopped at the box office and he desperately needs a hit. The answer comes from a surprising place, a TV remake of the classic sit-com Bewitched. Initially reluctant, he ...

Pros: Great cast for the most part.
Cons: Too much Ferrell!

Bewitched is a 2005 movie starring Nicole Kidman as Samantha and Will Ferrell as her mortal husband, Darrin. I found this movie to be entertaining but not one I would want to watch over and over. Read on to find out why! Lights, Camera, ...

Pros: Decent soundtrack with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, good work by Caine and MacLaine.
Cons: No Jim Carrey in the Dick York role.

Elizabeth Montgomery never won an Academy Award, but as Samantha Stevens on the classic TV show "Bewitched," she made every little boy in America want to grow up to marry a beautiful witch, and every little girl want to grow up and be one. Nicole ...

Pros: A different approach to remaking.
Cons: Largely incoherent.

I'll admit right up front that I never paid particularly close attention to the re-runs of Bewitched when they came on TV. I watched them with one eye. Bewitched was never one of those old TV shows that I enjoyed (Gilligan's Island) nor was it one of ...