Review №3

Review №3: Bewitched (2005)

Cast:

Nicole Kidman ... Isabel Bigelow / Samantha
Will Ferrell ... Jack Wyatt / Darrin
Shirley MacLaine ... Iris Smythson / Endora
Michael Caine ... Nigel Bigelow
Jason Schwartzman ... Ritchie
Kristin Chenoweth ... Maria Kelly
Heather Burns ... Nina
Jim Turner ... Larry
Stephen Colbert ... Stu Robison
David Alan Grier ... Jim Fields
Michael Badalucco ... Joey Props
Carole Shelley ... Aunt Clara
Steve Carell ... Uncle Arthur
Katie Finneran ... Sheila Wyatt
James Lipton ... Himself

Director: Nora Ephron
Writers: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

Genres: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Storyline:

Popular actor Jack Wyatt's career is being on the decline. So he tries to revive the former glory. Jack begins on a profitable project. This is a remake of the classic TV series about a man who marries a witch. The actor demands that the actress who will play with him must not be a star, but a little known actress, who is not able to overshadow him. A strange bedfellow Isabel Bigelow seems to be the perfect option. But none of the crew does not know that Isabel is indeed a witch.

Review:

Who would not want to be a magician who can wish and everything would happen at the click of the fingers? I think there are few such people. However, the main character Isabel Bigelow is trying to get rid of her gift and become an ordinary woman who decides everyday problems without any magical tricks. It seems that life without magic has even started to bring her a real pleasure, until she met Jack Wyatt, an actor who proposed to her a role in the TV series about a witch. The main character did not have to get used to the image. She's actually a witch and wants to be normal. But habits are hard to get rid of.

The film has pluses and minuses, but I want to start with Nicole Kidman. She is great in any role. This film is no exception. I am sure that most of the audience after the show tried to replicate her twitching nose. Stunning facial expressions and gestures. I'd love to watch her ​​play with enthusiasm and a gleam in her eyes. Magical things were funny and visually looked good. I like the unexpected appearance of the father in all places and filming of the series.

Nevertheless, Will Ferrell just spoils everything. He probably considers himself a first-rate comedian, but it's not so. Anyway, not here. His terrible affectation just annoyed. It looked very stupid and not funny. I think the filmmakers made ​​a mistake with the choice of the main character. I like the only one episode with him, where Jack is trying to drive Isabel away with a stick. The other actors do not get out of the total number and added to the film even more theatrical. In general, a kind of unpretentious tale turned out, which is hard to take seriously, but it is worth seeing at least once for Nicole Kidman.