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	Bewitched movie review, In Film Australia
		Bewitched, directed by Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail) is a curious example of a television remake because it doesn't stick with the original concept, but nor does it alter the world its characters inhabit.
		Just as Kidman's character is hired by TV executives in the film for her ability to replicate Elizabeth Montgomery's signature nostril twitch, Kidman herself seems similarly cast for frivolous reasons: namely her look, stature and, of course, her nose wriggling abilities.
		What saves the film time and time again from the doldrums is a well toned comedic performance from Will Ferrell, whose egocentric television star persona is a sharper and more endearing rendition of his character from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004).
	www.infilm.com.au /reviews/bewitched.htm (1084 words)

	Bewitched (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bewitched is a 2005 comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures and inspired by the classic television series of the same name.
		The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2005.
		The film began filming in 2004 and was finished by early 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bewitched_(film) (719 words)

	BEWITCHED
		BEWITCHED is a satire of modern Hollywood and witless sitcoms, not to mention a somewhat sly commentary of the cheesiness of the original BEWITCHED.
		The film is funny, but it fails to generate a series of sustained and genuine laughs that are an absolute prerequisite for successful film comedies.
		I was reasonably entertained by the film and found it palatable to some degree, but it failed to generate the same level of intelligence and wit that other better romantic comedies have had.
	www.craigerscinemacorner.com /Reviews/bewitched.htm (1875 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Bewitched
		Bewitched (2005), the adaptation of the ‘60s TV series, aims for that level of lightness — it is, after all, a big budget film that exists because Nora Ephron liked the idea of being able to “hang a plot of the movie”
		The film’s gorgeous and inventive displays of magic are inseparable from movie-making excitement, and nostalgia: the most sublime moments occur when Isabel and Jack are dancing amid suspended stars — actually the white graphic twinkles that lit up the opening for the original series.
		The element of contrivance constantly feeds into the film’s humor — for example, the script elaborately arranges for Kidman to be “bemused” and piqued by a range of subjects, so that she scrunches her nose in the Elizabeth Montgomery way.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /50/bewitched.htm (2502 words)

	Bewitched Movie - The Hollywood News
		Of course, Bewitched is also a love story as the enchanting Isabel begins to fall for the nutty Jack, even though she’s completely aware that he’s a self centered shmuck.
		Bewitched is populated by several veteran actors who do a pretty good job.
		Bewitched was written and directed by Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle) and she tries to bring the same sort of sweet, effervescent vibe that she brought to her collaborations with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, but ultimately, this movie is such a dull misfire, none of this really shines through.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/3163.php (784 words)

	Film Review: Bewitched (PG)
		Although Bewitched is a tribute to the sitcom, it certainly isn't a straightforward remake.
		And while Bewitched is as warm and whimsical as the latter two films, it's not as funny or romantic as either of them.
		Bewitched is ultimately Kidman's film and she displays a talent for light comedy that makes a refreshing change from her usual arthouse, heavy stuff (Dogville, Birth).
	www.dailyinfo.co.uk /reviews/film/bewitched.htm (477 words)

	Hour.ca - Film - Bewitched
		The script's updated conceit is that a new Bewitched TV series is being made starring self-centred actor Jack Wyatt (Ferrell) as husband Darrin with an unknown named Isabel Bigelow (Kidman) cast as Samantha because her nose wiggles and Wyatt assumes she'll be a pushover.
		What made the original Bewitched such a hit was that Montgomery, while undeniably gorgeous, exuded a natural, easygoing manner that made her just right as a stay-at-home Samantha who occasionally used her mischievous powers to speed up domestic chores or advance her husband's career.
		Bewitched could've been a better movie, should've done a better job casting it and would've had more laughs if they had made a post-Bewitched movie showing how they had all retired and how they were still dealing with the problems of Alzheimers, bladder control loss and forgetting where you left your magic dust.
	www.hour.ca /film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=6458 (1210 words)

	Bewitched Summary
		Bewitched was borne of the marriage of actress Elizabeth Montgomery and award-winning television director William Asher.
		Although Bewitched went off the air in 1972, it soon found its way into syndication, where it became a perennial favorite, until moving to the immensely popular Nick at Nite cable lineup, where it is a permanent feature of their prime-time lineup.
		Bewitched proved very popular with young girls when it first aired in Japan, and is considered to be the inspiration for the Magical girl genre of anime.
	www.bookrags.com /Bewitched (2725 words)

	FilmJerk.com - Reviews - Bewitched
		While “Bewitched” tries to twist the turn the idea of a remake on its ear through it’s post-modern plotting, the effort is hardly worth a damn with there’s not a drop of magic to the film.
		Somewhere stuck in the middle of the material is the actual “Bewitched” sitcom send-up, which comes and goes in the film with little consequence, especially in the way the film swats away Shirley MacLaine’s cameo as the magical stepmother Endora without much thought.
		As “Bewitched” rumbles along, the enterprise becomes grabbier for clever material, and a last minute idea to put mediocre comedic actor Steve Carell in the film doing an awful impression of Paul Lynde’s Uncle Arthur is a movie low point.
	www.filmjerk.com /reviews/article.php?id_rev=604 (940 words)

	Bewitched
		Not the endlessly replicating screenplay, but the fabled film that is about nothing, is based on nothing, and features big stars struggling to overcome the freakish inconsequence of a project that should never have gotten beyond the what-if stage.
		Bewitched is the pinnacle of a certain kind of anti-entertainment, the filmic equivalent of eating celery in that it's more than empty calories, it actually sucks energy from the viewer.
		Bewitched is one of the worst films of the year, not because it's incompetent (which it incidentally is), but because it's somehow made being vacuous and accepting the sole prerequisite for membership in the culture.
	filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/bewitched.htm (484 words)

	Bewitched (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The overriding problem with this film is that it completely undercuts the very elements that made Samantha such a likable and compelling figure for millions of spellbound American viewers.
		In the TV "Bewitched," there was a certain subtle tension built into the premise that carried through from episode to episode.
		This tension is completely lost in the film, as is the conflict between Darrin and Endora that always threatened to end with Darrin being turned into a chimpanzee or a bullfrog and Samantha running back to the effortless ease and comfort of her former existence.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0374536 (1189 words)

	Bewitched DVD Review
		Now comes "Bewitched", another remake (albeit of a great sitcom) which had a much smoother production history and is written with a far bolder style.
		Easily the best 'film within the film' element is the almost "Splash" or "My Stepmother is an Alien" like scenes early on of witch Kidman having a ball playing with everyday items in her house.
		When the film follows its early path of affectionately paying tribute whilst sending up the original series and staying along that line its a pretty enjoyable little ride.
	www.darkhorizons.com /dvds/d-bewitched.php (1030 words)

	Slant Magazine - Film Review: Bewitched
		Has-been actor Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) has been cast as the male lead in a new TV show of Bewitched and he's desperate to find a nobody to play opposite so that he can shine all the more in her reflection.
		What keeps Bewitched just barely out of the summer slush pile is its sense of light-hearted fun, something missing from Ephron's clunky romantic comedies, which were overburdened with genre clichés and about as nimble as a Humvee.
		Bewitched is, in the end, little more than a serviceable summer comedy, but coming as it does out of the wasteland of TV remakes and such drek as You've Got Mail, that can seem quite an accomplishment.
	www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1659 (561 words)

	indielondon.co.uk - film - Bewitched, preview
		The film focuses on Ferrell's Jack Wyatt, a down-on-his-luck actor who attempts to revive his career by playing the lead role in a big-screen remake of the old Bewitched television show.
		Although it is worth noting, too, that the film was originally muted as a project for Kidman and Jim Carrey, who subsequently opted for the Fun With Dick and Jane remake.
		Bewitched is due to open in UK cinemas on August 19, 2005.
	www.indielondon.co.uk /film/bewitched_prev.html (419 words)

	Bewitched Film Review - Time Out Film
		The pattern is so established, the behaviour so rote that the characters might as well be under a spell – an idea that finds its logical extension in ‘Bewitched’, a post-modern update of the ’60s sitcom that shows an intriguing awareness of this overlap without quite knowing what to do with it.
		You know the original "Bewitched" was a pretty straighforward thing and one of the truly beloved TV series of all time.
		So how this positively dreadful film was ever made at all becomes a matter of some mystery.
	www.timeout.com /film/81605.html (318 words)

	Bewitched
		Bewitched is haunted by scattered laughs and a lack of direction.
		Bewitched doesn't cast a spell over audiences but stars Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell have enough magic between them to create something simple and fun.
		Bewitched [the show] was unassuming, charming, maybe a little innocent; this movie is smug, patronizing, and a little infantile.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/bewitched (982 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Bewitched fails to topple Charlie
		Bewitched failed to make number one in the US Nicole Kidman's Bewitched has failed to knock Charlie and the Chocolate Factory off the top spot at the UK box office.
		Bewitched joins The Island and Madagascar as the films which have been unable to curb the success of the Tim Burton picture.
		Comic film Bewitched, which also stars Will Ferrell and Shirley MacLaine, hinges on the plotline that a producer remaking the TV sitcom casts a real witch for the lead role.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/film/4176704.stm (266 words)

	Bewitched
		Here’s a high concept concept that doesn’t quite work: a feature film remake of a TV series revolving around the remake of the same TV series, with the cast serving as both the remaker’s, for fiction, and the surrogate classic characters, for fiction and reality.
		I know; the film is “Bewitched”, but let’s take a hypothetical made up scenario of the same concept to see if we can’t understand it a little better.
		Those two films followed a strict romantic comedy formula, revolving around upper middle class white people and the way they fall in and out of love.
	www.dunkirkma.net /inreview/archives/bewitched.html (306 words)

	Film Blather: Bewitched (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bewitched has virtually nothing to do with the television series of the same name, and on one hand that's refreshing: if nothing else (and indeed, it's not much else), the movie is a conceptually creative attempt to liven up the tv remake landscape.
		I am not sure that reflects better on them than the alternative, since the film seems so shoddy that the filmmakers' image might be improved if they were to fess up to throwing it together over a couple of weekends.
		The party primarily responsible is Nora Ephron, who directed the film, and wrote the screenplay with her sister Delia.
	www.filmblather.com /review.php?n=bewitched (593 words)

	Interview: Nicole Kidman (Bewitched)
		Kidman has always denied being a workaholic, though even at the time of this interview, she was in the midst of shooting Fur, the unconventional biopic about photographer Diane Arbus, a film she wouldn't discuss in detail, except to admit it was the antithesis of studio fare.
		The actress says she took a break recently for 6 months, returning to her native Sydney, where she enjoys spending quality time with her parents, but has no intention of revealing where her next vacation will be.
		The actress does hope to return to Australia to work, admitting that she and Baz Luhrmann are set to reunite for a new project, following the disappointed collapse of Eucalyptus, in which she was to star opposite Russell Crowe.
	www.movie-fever.com /index.php/content/view/757/75 (721 words)

	Bewitched Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There's all sorts of little movies going on inside "Bewitched" ranging from a simple yawn-inducing old-fashioned romantic comedy between Ferrell and Kidman (despite both having zero chemistry together), to a barely amusing satire of Hollywood and the entertainment business.
		When the film follows its early path of affectionately paying tribute whilst sending up the original series and staying along that line its a decent little ride.
		I guiltily had a few good laughs watching "Bewitched", but can't help but feel that had the script been better developed and a surer hand had been at the helm - we could've had a truly magical comedy instead of a magical lump of trash.
	www.darkhorizons.com /reviews/bewitch-n.php (844 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Bewitched (PG)
		There's a lot of magic lacking in 'Bewitched' - a film about the remake of the once-popular television series of the same name.
		With 'Bewitched' she steps into the same familiar territory, and with the usual ingredients of two Hollywood actors at the top of their game at her disposal, it's an even greater shame that this one doesn't live up to its potential.
		While her father frowns on her shunning her background in witchcraft, Jack is completely oblivious to the double life that Isabel is leading, seeing her only as a beautiful woman - and possibly the answer to his prayers.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2005/0818/bewitched.html (518 words)

	Bewitched Movie News
		The film is an adaptation of the ABC series that ran from 1964-1972.
		This time they are of The film Bewitched, which is an adaptation of the ABC series that ran from 1964-1972.
		The film, directed by Nora Ephron, is due in theaters on July 8 2005.
	www.moviesonline.ca /index.php?topic=1133 (579 words)

	Amazon.com: Bewitched (Special Edition): DVD: Nicole Kidman,Will Ferrell,Shirley MacLaine,Michael Caine,Jason ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		So, the film is actually about a re-make of the original sit-com, with funny man Will Ferrell playing the part of Jack Wyatt, a down on his luck actor looking to give his faltering career a boost.
		The film has plenty of star power and enough laughs to keep it plodding along, but its downfall lies in the script, which screenwriter Nora Ephron wrote, together with her sister, Delia.
		In "Bewitched", she plays an actual witch named Isabel Bigelow who, by a very unlikely coincidence, ends up playing the part of Samantha in an updated version of the classic television series.
	www.amazon.com /Bewitched-Special-Nicole-Kidman/dp/B000ASDFGI (3625 words)

	Bewitched: The Movie - The Celluloid Saga - Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre
		Bewitched was to be Nora Ephron’s first film endeavor in the five years since she produced, wrote and directed Paramount’s $63 million dollar John Travolta/Lisa Kudrow vehicle: Lucky Numbers (an unlucky flop with global box-office of approximately $11 million.)
		Bewitched tv producer/director William Asher and his wife Meredith were invited to the Culver City film set to play guests in a wedding scene.
		On the press junket for the film, Nicole Kidman told interviewers that she greatly enjoyed the laughs and playfulness on the set with her funny, down-to-earth, family-man co-star Will Ferrell, whom she also found to be pleasantly quiet and cerebral.
	www.harpiesbizarre.com /movie.htm (1841 words)

	Movie Review - Bewitched
		Bewitched is a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) production, and therefore it was required to provide American Humane’s Certified Animal Safety Representatives on-set access whenever animals were used.
		During pre-production of the film, American Humane’s Film and TV Unit received a copy of the script and the daily call sheets.
		Near the end of the film, Isabel sits on the Bewitched soundstage with the cat on her lap until Jack arrives to woo her back.
	www.ahafilm.info /movies/mr.phtml?fid=7667 (784 words)

	A Note From Kasey Regarding Bewitched Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, the feature film department had "dibbs" on the project so everyone sort of backed off.
		A new feature film with an all new cast or a TV reunion/series with all of the still existent members of the original cast plus newcomers as the kids grown up?" (Of course, Erin would be invited to play Tabatha).
		We also learned that the proposed new feature film would use the NAME of "Bewitched" and probably the names of the main characters, but that it would have NOTHING to do with the original "Bewitched" concept.
	www.bewitched.net /kasnote.htm (310 words)

	KDHX Film Review - Bewitched (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Throughout the film, amusing scenes involve Isabel's inability to resist the temptation to use those very powers again and again.
		This is particularly unfortunate since Bewitched wears itself out devoting the overwhelming share of time to a game Kidman and Ferrell who can't stretch the thin material to feature length.
		The editing is periodically clunky, the camera sometimes too far back to capitalize on comic impact, and songs used embarrassingly obvious as they attempt to provide some additional energy.
	www.kdhx.org /reviews/bewitched.html (357 words)

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