#tbt "Practical Magic" (1998)

Quick summary for those of you who are not familiar with the film.

Raised by their eccentric aunts, Sally and Jillian Owen struggle to overcome a fatal family curse that dooms any man they fall in love with.

This film is based on the 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman.

Cast Sandra Bullock as Sally, Nicole Kidman as Jillian, Stockard Channing as Aunt Frances, Diane West as Aunt Jet, Aiden Quinn as Officer Gary Hallett, and Goran Viznicic as Jimmy.

Reviews, Rotten Tomatoes, 31% critic score, 73% audience score.

Delora, what is your grade for Throwback Practical Magic?

So I saw Practical Magic a very long time ago, so much so that I thought I remembered the story, but I didn't.

By the time I rewatched it for the recap.

Or, you know, whenever we do our recaps, there's a level of attention that you pay a little bit closer to compared to a general casual watch, so to speak.

And it was a great time.

As I mentioned in the... episode last week it's such a cozy watch like that house oh my gosh i mean it has all the cozy vibes and It's also like most of the movies in the 90s.

It's beautiful, fun, and also heartbreaking at the same time.

And they deal with some pretty heavy issues, but I love a good witchy moment.

And so I'll give this an A. It's nostalgic.

I think there was probably one Black person in the whole movie.

But they weren't portrayed in any type of negative way, so I'll, you know...

I'll take it.

Yeah.

For the town and stuff they lived in, too, that didn't feel too outside of what the reality probably would be, right? Exactly.

We probably don't need to beat her.

It's fine.

No.

Exactly.

I left my grade blank.

So I'm trying to think how I ultimately want to grade this.