Practical Magic

Practical Magic (1998)

  • 20% of critics liked it
    (55 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (187,523 ratings)

Griffin Dunne directed this romantic fantasy adapted from the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel about the Owens family of witches, regarded as outcasts in the town where they live. Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and her sister Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) tried to pass on practical magic skills to their nieces,… More

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In Theaters
Oct 16, 1998 Wide
On DVD
Feb 16, 1999
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Susan Stark, Detroit News

    A saga that lacks the courage of its own odd convictions.

  • Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune

    The trio of credited writers exhibits a complete failure of imagination!

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    The movie doesn't seem sure what tone to adopt, veering uncertainly from horror to laughs to romance.

  • Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

    Uneven adaptation of lyrical novel.

  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    A bad sign when the only female in the creative process is Swicord

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Dead A


    It did felt corny at <i>some</i> moment(s) (the blood thingy at the end). But other than <i>that</i>, the whole movie was great. Is full of magic (not the silly ones). I loved the bonding of Sandra and Nicole. It made me jealous for not having a sister.

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    This is my favorite Sandra Bullock movie besides While You Were Sleeping. Love this movie. Own it and watch it often with friends. There are three movies me and my friends watch often together and it's Practical Magic, Girl Interrupted, and Almost Famous. Never fails. It's… More

  • Dean !


    A very enjoyable film with a very good cast including a very young Camilla Belle. A mix of Rom-Com/drama that has some dark moments as a family of witches try to break a curse within their family.

  • Dean M


    Deliciously wicked and sweet entertaining story! Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are devilishly sexy as the spell-casting sisters doomed to be single for the rest of their natural life... and Stockard Channing and Diane Wiest are also enchanting as their aunts that have raised them… More

  • Film C


    i love tis film great performancs and really good to watch excellent storylie

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