| | |  | DVDs | | Home » » » | | | | | | | Description: | | Oscar®-winner Nicole Kidman (Best Actress in a leading role, The Hours, 2002) and wickedly funny Will Ferrell star as actors playing Darrin and Samantha on a remake of the television show "Bewitched" in this cleverly crafty comedy from director Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail). Egomaniacal star Jack Wyatt (Ferrell) casts unknown Isabel (Kidman) as his co-star in order to monopolize the limelight and regain his top spot on Hollywood's A-list. When Isabel, a real witch, discovers Jack's self-centered scheme, she conjures a sidesplitting spell the mere mortal will never forget! | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman | | Director:
| Nora Ephron | | Format:
| AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, French | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 102 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 25, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 263 reviews |
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19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Sweet and funnySep 12, 2005
By A. Gammill
In a seemingly endless sea of remakes which quickly (and rightfully) sink into oblivion, Bewitched deserves credit for at least putting a new spin on the formula. I can't imagine anyone but Nicole Kidman in the role of Isabel...she simply glows, you can't take your eyes off her. Will Ferrell delivers his usual goofy, over-the-top performance, which suits his character just fine. And at the heart of it all is a sweet and (mostly) old-fashioned love story. It also pays due reverence to its source, as Isabel keeps a picture of Elizabeth Montgomery in her dressing room, and wonders what the "real" Samantha would do. Sure, it's not perfect. In fact (minor spoiler alert!), I knocked off a whole star for the whole "Uncle Arthur" nonesense in the final act. But I laughed. A lot, in fact. I was delighted with Kidman's performance. And I left the film feeling pretty darn good. What more could you want?
For once, don't believe what the majority of critics have said. Bewitched is a great romantic comedy.
28 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 BewitchingAug 19, 2005
By Danielle Muller
"Shulamith"
Forgive me while I step into Robert Eberts shoes for a quick second, and say that Bewitched is probally the most Romantic Comedy I have seen for quite some time. But again, since Will Ferrell is in it, I might be slightly prejudiced on that account.Bewitched is simply lovely, sweet, sincere and romantic the movie centers around a love stricken witch Isabel (Nicole Kidman) who has fallen head over heels for Hollywood's biggest failure in movie making Will, "He's such a adorable mess," Isabel breathes.
Nicole Kidman plays Isabel, a witch who wants to be normal and live like the mortals. Its a hard transition, made harder by not being sutable to work at anything since she always had magic at her command. Enter Will Ferrell, a terrible actor who's just coming off a major flop film. He is handed the idea to play Darrin in the remake of Bewitched, which he uncertainly takes. The only problem arises is that no suitable Samantha can be found to wiggle her nose properly. That is until Ferrell finds Isabel that one fateful day in the bookstore, where she is wiggling her nose like the best of them.
Enchanted, he begs Isabel to sign on to the show, using words like "I need you" to convince her. Having never been trained in the ways of the world, Isabel is overcome and agrees believing he is professing his love to her.
But love doesn't come easily, for Ferrell is eager to get back in the publics good graces, and is consiquently blind to the lack of quality his character portrays in the overeagerness to believe himself one of the greats.
Nicole is consiquently given parts only where she stands around, and never any dialouge in the attempt to make Ferrell seem bigger and better. That is until she finds out.... and hell hath no fury like a witch unleased.
I shan't say more, but if you are a Ferrell fan, don't miss this movie, need I say more on that score?
13 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Not worth watchingNov 11, 2005
By Jack Flack
Hard to say where this one went wrong, but allowing Will Farrell free reign to chew the scenery was definitely a large mistake. Farrell can be quite good when kept under control but his endless mugging destroyed what little charm this move had. Yes, I know his character was supposed to something of a jerk, but not a complete jerk. And why make him a jerk anyway?
By the way, I never had any expectation that this was going to be a remake of the TV series. I knew the plot going in. But the movie simply wasn't done very well.
13 of 16 found the following review helpful:
God awful.Nov 06, 2005
By The Only Reviewer That Matters
I knew this would be bad going in, but not this bad. I laughed once in 90 minutes - pretty sad. The rest of the time, I squirmed in agony from the truly dreadful plot, the bad writing, and the uninspired acting. Just a mess of a movie that should have been scrapped and entirely reworked. Who green lights this stuff? Did someone think this was worth producing? A talented cast is utterly wasted in perhaps the year's worst movie.
13 of 16 found the following review helpful:
DisasterNov 05, 2005
By William
Alot of Bewitched fans looked forward to this film coming out since it had been talked about, and planned for several years. Nicole Kidman was always expected to play Samatha too. Even as far back as 1998 there was talk about this film happening at some point.
Move forward to 2004. Bewitched is made, and then released in 2005. Mixed reviews start to surface, most of them bad. I still went to see it, being a Bewitched fan and all. Unfortunately, all the reviews were right, this is a total disaster. A film about an out-of-work actor trying to reprise his career by doing a remake of the Bewitched TV series set in modern times. Unknowingly they hire an actual witch to portray the role of Samatha Stevens. Sounds like it could work. But it doesn't because the film focusses far too much on Will Ferrell's character. Why oh why didn't they just do a movie about Bewitched, instead of doing this silly idea. The reason it failed is because Will Ferrell was so annoying and not at all funny throughout the film. In addition, he has no resemblance to Darren Stephens (an idea would have been to use Jim Carrey). Nicole Kidman put on a whispering voice the entire film, although this is probably what she was asked to do by Nora. Unfortunately for Nicole, this was her third dud film in a row ... Stepford Wives, Birth and now this. Even The Interpreter was pretty bad, but nothing quite takes the cake as Bewitched.
Do yourself a favour. Dont hire or buy the DVD unless you can get it for a bargain. Better still, avoid at all costs.
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