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Fans adore the scene in the originalPractical Magicwherethe Owens family enjoys some midnight margaritas to the sounds of Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut.”While the song is an iffychoice for that particularscene —Nilsson was definitely not singing about margaritas — it’s a perfect matchforPractical Magicas a whole, which is both a heartwarmingdrama about the unbreakable bond between sisters and also a surprisingly darkcomedy about witches, curses, murders, family trauma, and bodies buried in shallow graves. It’s allclashing tones and genres. It’s all tart and sweet blended together.
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Parts ofPractical Magic 2work, and others do not. But if nothing else,this long-awaited sequel definitely recreates that lime in the coconut mix, with fan service giving way to romance followed bymystical fight scenes that suggest the Owens sisters might be distant cousins of Doctor Strange. It’s a strange and unpredictablecombination— which, in its own quirky way, makes it faithful to the firstfilm.
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Atrue late ’90s oddity,Practical Magic owes itslongevityto its singular qualities. There are very few movies, then or now, that explore sister relationshipswith such earnestness. There are also very few movies like this period, ones with big stars and warm lighting and drinking montages and the occasional poisoningand/or bludgeoning.
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It’s also got Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witchy sisters Sally and Gilly Owens, who stand by each other’s side through dead husbands and abusive boyfriends and that aforementioned family curse that ensures any man they love will die. With Bullock and Kidman back together for the first time in decades, Practical Magic 2relies heavily on their undeniable onscreen rapport, which keeps this sequel afloat through some very questionable plotting.
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Some 30 years after the events of the first film, Sally and Gilly are still together and still cursed. Sally’s two daughters Kylie (Joey King) and Antonia (Maisie Williams) are now grown up,with noclue they’re descended from a long line of powerful witches. (Sally was so devastated by the loss ofher husband that sherenounced hergifts and swore the rest of the family to secrecy.)That pact held until Kyle fell for a sweet guy named Gideon (Cobra Kai’sXolo Maridueña) and, well,the lime goes back in the coconut all over again.
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One ofPractical Magic’s pleasures — and a big reason why it is so rewatchable and became such a basic cable classic — are its cozy vibes. The Owens’ Victorian house, the sisterhood, the late night cocktails poured around the island in that fabulous kitchen. It’s an oversized sweater of a movie; it doesn’t fit great, and it’s a bit of a mess, but it’s comfy as hell.
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Practical Magic 2reconjures that very appealing world and its residents, and the early scenes nicely capture that same relaxed energy. Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing both return as Sally and Gilly’s aunts Jet and Franny, and there are lovely little moments between the various generations of Owenses as they bake, booze, exchange gifts, and look at books.
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Regrettably, a story must inevitably commence. Multiple Owens family crises converage, and send the sisters off to England. There, they enlist the aid of a handsomeprofessor of magical history named Ian Wright (“Mr. Right,” tee hee), who Sally and Gilly discover in his London apartment naked and in the throes of amysterious magical spell. Once saved by the sisters, Ian (Lee Pace) is sodistracted bySally’s luminous beauty that hecan’t be bothered to figure out who tried to kill him.(Seriously:If you werenearly murdered by adeadly hex, wouldn’t you at least be a little curious who did itand why?)
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TheEngland sequences separate a lot of the cast from one another; in classic legacyquel fashion, there are more characters than the screentime can comfortably allow, and so a few get pushed to the margins.Also in classic legacyquel fashion,Practical Magic 2nods at handing off this series to the next generation of Owens sisters,then focuses most of its energyonthe A-list talent whose faces are on the film’s posters and whose names are above the title.Bullock and Kidman trudge throughthe English countryside until they arrive at an incongrously effects-heavy conclusion thatalmost turns their characters into unofficial superheroes.
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Susanne Bier, replacing Griffin Dunne as franchise director, finds far more success in less bombastic moments, the ones whereweget to appreciate the genuine connection between Bullock, Kidman, Wiest, and Channing. Doesthe whole film hold together? Not quite, but if we’re being honestPractical Magic didn’t really hold together either. Something about its messiness — and the way that messinessreflectssomething authentic about life for those of us without magical powers — makes it appealing.Practical Magic 2 might be aslight step down from the original, but with time (and enough midnight margaritas) I could seeit becoming another home-video hit.
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RATING: 5/10
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It’s time to find a Halloween costume, movie fans. Here are some of this year’s options. (We, uh, might not wear most of these out in public. But no judgment shall be passed on anyone who does.)
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