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Starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman...
...slumber party time! You'll be inviting a break-up if you drag your boyfriend to this flick, and you would be wasting your money to see it in the theater. Practical Magic is one to see with the chicks, if you can bear it, (no guys, Kidman and Bullock don't bare it, this one is rated PG-13). Dreamier than The Craft, Practical Magic is also more childlike, lacking the rebelliousness which previous witch movies have cultivated...
Sisters Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) Owens are born into a family of witches who practice white magic. Good witch Sally tries to fit into a small New England town, while Gillian looks for love in all the wrong places while trying out her magical powers. The familial curse is that a man who loves one of the Owens' witches will meet an untimely death, as Gillian's abusive boyfriend Jimmy (Goran Visnjic) does at the hands of Bullock, accidentally on purpose...
Surprise surprise, the movie isn't over at that point--Visnjic comes back to haunt the sisters, bringing police officer Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn) to the scene. At this point the real story begins as Bullock begins to discover that love ain't all that dangerous (spoken with sexy southern drawl, compliments of Quinn) and Kidman, having battled Visjnic on earth, takes him on in the spirit world...
...Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are a powerful duo as sisters, if not slightly unbelievable (do they look anything alike?). Kidman returns with a look reminiscent of her Australian debut in that movie classic, Flirting. Her red hair is pressed flat and she pastes a naughty girl look on her face. Bullock, as usual is irresistible, her nice-girl image hasn't changed since Speed. Unfortunately, it is their good looks that are sure to draw the crowds, not their acting, mainly because of the stale lines and cliched characters they're stuck with...