There’s a particular exhilaration to movies that veer off-road without announcement or apology—the “midnight margaritas” interlude in Practical Magic being one of the all-time joyful examples.

| Jan 22, 2025

The majority of it is mischievousness, meddling in love lives, and wee-hour revelry; the bulk of the preternatural shenanigans are entirely frivolous – lending to something of a tonal mishmash.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 29, 2024

Iconic. Great soundtrack, great performances, good ensemble, and Aidan Quinn is the best romantic lead.

| Oct 30, 2024

Holds up quite well. A fun movie about the power of female friendship

| Sep 25, 2024

Sure there are plot holes, but it's so fun that they don't matter

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 5, 2023

“This movie is fundamental to my being”

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 5, 2023

Few films have such warmth and purity of heart, which are buoyed by its fabular storybook quality[.]

| May 29, 2022

As the title indicates, "Practical Magic" is packed with titular magic but not only — it contains an empowering narrative, highlights the importance of sisterhood, and discusses how difficult it is to walk away from domestic abuse.

| Original Score: B | May 19, 2022

The film is so twee and polite that it almost passes by without any palpable register of emotion, tension or surprise.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 25, 2021

From blood moons to self-stirring spoons and long luscious locks, the Owens women are a magical brood.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 23, 2020

The picture's hopelessly uninvolving feel is especially disappointing given Bullock and Kidman's typically charismatic work...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 1, 2020

It may be quirky, bizarre and in some places very clunky, but Practical Magic deserves a second chance.

| Jun 7, 2019

Unfortunately, this is The Witches of Eastwick with its humour and sizzle removed.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 30, 2019

Filming in a golden-syrupy light, Dunne seems to have little ambition beyond making his stars look adorable (not tricky) and hoping we'll have forgotten most of The Witches of Eastwick.

| Mar 30, 2019

[An] inane and insipid effort beset by ponderous plotting.

| Mar 30, 2019

Essentially a sibling soap-opera with a dash of mumbo-jumbo.

| Mar 30, 2019

Practical Magic has its flaws. Some scenes are weak, occasionally lines are a little muddled, and there is some plot underdevelopment. Yet it is daring and fun.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 30, 2019

It doesn't seem as if there was much communication between the three screenwriters who are credited with adapting Alice Hoffman's novel. Perhaps they should have tried ESP.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 30, 2019

Practical Magic, in other words, is anything but magical. The only spell it casts will put you right to sleep.

| Mar 30, 2019

Without a consistent tone or any real measure of emotional consistency, Practical Magic occasionally manages to bubble, but it's barely worth the toil and trouble.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 30, 2019