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Name: Practical Magic
Director: Griffin Dunne
Genre: comedy, fantasy, romance
Released: 1998
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.4

Practical Magic has an iRankMovies score of 51.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Practical Magic (1998)

For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.

Release:1998

Runtime:1h 44m

Country:United States

Director:Griffin Dunne

Language:English

Genre

ComedyFantasyRomance

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Keywords

witchBased On Novel Or BookmagicHauntingAunt Niece RelationshipFamily HistorySorcerySister

iRank51

Practical Magic rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 107K votes

Rotten Tomatoes27%

Metacritic47%

TMDb6.8/10· 2K votes

With 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 47/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Practical Magic

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

Cast of Practical Magic

Sandra Bullock
as Sally Owens
Nicole Kidman
as Gillian Owens
Stockard Channing
as Aunt Frances
Dianne Wiest
as Aunt Jet
Goran Višnjić
as Jimmy Angelov
Aidan Quinn
as Gary Hallet
Evan Rachel Wood
as Kylie Owens
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Alexandra Artrip
as Antonia Owens
Mark Feuerstein
as Michael
Caprice Benedetti
as Maria Owens
Annabella Price
as Lovelorn Lady
Camilla Belle
as Eleven-Year-Old Sally

Practical Magic facts

Budget: $75M
Box office: $46.7M
Collection: Practical Magic Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Fantasy romance delivers adoring tone with genuine family curse mythology
•Aunt-niece relationship provides emotional heart beneath supernatural elements
•Novel adaptation captures magical atmosphere with whimsical charm throughout

What the audience disliked

•Plot pacing feels uneven between romance and dark supernatural themes
•Family curse resolution arrives too conveniently feeling narratively unsatisfying

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