: Practical Magic
Author: Alice Hoffman (novel) and Robin Swicord
Director: Griffin Dunne
Odd film that doesn’t know what it is. Is it a love story? A thriller? A mystery? A fantasy? I expected the latter, but instead was treated to a bizarre mix of all of the above. Basically two sisters, both witches, are suspected of killing the one’s evil boyfriend, and face investigation into their lives by a snoopy police detective. The film’s supposed to be “enlightening” about the effects of discrimination (ordinary townspeople are critical of magic) — the sister witches just want to be normal — but I find the TV show Bewitched did that much more effectively thirty years ago. This was heavyhanded and silly.
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