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39 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanPuts a fun, frothy spin on the 1960s TV show before sinking back into the mundane.
- 60NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenAs long as it stays focused on showbiz, Bewitched is light, frothy fun. But Ephron insists on turning Bewitched into a love story, and that's when the fun starts to seep out of the movie.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenDespite the labors of leads Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell, there's no screen magic being made here.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneThe result is clever, and the narrative twistings keep you on your toes, but there's just one hitch: it ain't funny.
- 40VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryNora Ephron's attempt to reconceive the standard TV-to-bigscreen adaptation goes bizarrely haywire here, spinning out of control like a runaway broomstick.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe film's funny for 15 minutes as it skewers Hollywood and prowls block after block of familiar L.A. scenery.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe motion picture version of Bewitched is a travesty of monumental proportions that belongs in the "What the hell were they thinking?" category.
- 10The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinBewitched piles miscalculation upon miscalculation, beginning by casting the iron-willed Kidman, one of film's gutsiest and most fearless actresses, as a regressive pre-feminist dumb-blonde doormat, a sort of mildly retarded amalgam of Marilyn Monroe, Renée Zellweger, and Meg Ryan.
- 0Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonTo spend even 10 minutes in the movie's universe is to experience the Sartrean nausea of an utterly hollow head and heart.
- 0Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyThis hackneyed, hapless and utterly useless redo of an overrated 1960s sitcom is excruciating to sit through for a dozen reasons.