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©2005
24 JUNE 30, 2005
Written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron,
based on the television series created by Sol
Saks. Produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher,
Penny Marshall, Nora Ephron. Executive produc-
ers James w. Skotchdopole, Steven H. Berman,
Bobby Cohen. Cinematography, John Lindley.
Production design, Neil Spisak. Editor, Tia Nolan.
Costume design, Mary Zophres. Music, George
Fenton. Starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell,
with Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason
Schwartzman, Kristin Chenoweth. Also with
Heather Burns, Jim Turner, David Alan Grier,
Stephen Colbert, Michael Badalucco Carole
Shelley and Steve Carell. Columbia Pictures,
2005. PG-13. 90 minutes.
his is a twisted big-screen version of
the TV series from the 1960s, an
homage to Elizabeth Montgomery’s
twitchy nose, actually. Much of the film’s ac-
tion takes place on a set where actors playing
the writer, producers and TV crew are shoot-
ing the pilot for an upcoming series. Other ac-
tors on and off the set include Jack Wyatt
(Will Ferrell), who plays Darrin, and Isabel
Bigelow (Nicole Kidman), who plays
Samantha. Iris Smythson (Shirley MacLaine)
plays Endora, and Michael Caine is Isabel’s
father, Nigel.
rises above the SNL-ish caricature he’s play-
ing, and Jack become an attentive, sweet
lover to Kidman’s lovable Isabel. Those
scenes are all that save the film from being at
best a series of sketches. Ferrelll has to be
careful at this stage of his career not to be-
come typecast, like Jim Carrey, who breaks
out seldom if memorably (Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind).
Poor Kristin Chenowith, the short blonde
press person from “The West Wing.” As
Isabel’s neighbor, Maria, her role calls for her
to overact all the time. It’s degrading. Bad
writing plagues other characters as well.
Caine doesn’t have to stretch to be a convinc-
ing if stereotypical roué, but at least he does-
n’t embarrass himself. No such luck for
MacLaine as Endora (originally played by
the great character actor, Agnes Morehead),
who flutters around the stage for her adoring
fans in the audience. But as Iris, MacLaine
turns out to be a shrewd little witch
herself.
This summer silliness depends on Nicole,
and she comes through like a trouper. From
flighty to enraged, Isabel is delightful as a
sensitive woman who’s never fitted in and
She’s a witch who’s giving up her supernatural talents
for a “normal” life, and he’s a washed-up actor whose
ego takes over whenever he’s onstage.
He’s not too bright,
and she’s smart.
(1115 150 425) 710 940
BATMAN BEGINS (PG-13) DIG ✔
This Saturday, July 2
BEWITCHED : Directed by Nora Ephron.
T
LOOK AT ME
PG-13
and bewildered
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN R
HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE
TO THE GALAXY PG
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OVER
HELD HE
FOR T EK!
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1268
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10:50, 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30
MILLIONS
HITCH PG13
Bothered
(1100 145 430) 715 1000
While we’ve seen lots of the play-within-
a-play gimmick the last 400 years or so, there
is a disconnect, a glitch, over how to merge
the separate story-lines for Jack and Isabel.
She’s a witch who’s giving up her supernatu-
ral talents for a “normal” life, and he’s a
washed-up actor whose ego takes over when-
ever he’s onstage. He’s not too bright, and
she’s smart.
On the set, the fawning sychophants who
b.s. Jack ignore Isabel until she gets enough
of being treated badly, even though she loves
being an actor playing a normal person who’s
secretly a witch. A couple of times Ferrell
desperately desires the normalcy she imag-
ines others enjoy. Mary Zophres designed or
found fabulous clothes to dress her, including
a fitted, front buttoned, blue, beaded sweater
that could have come from the ’60s or today.
It’s romantic, cozy and, well, normal.
Bewitched has a great soundtrack, includ-
ing “And She Was” by Talking Heads,
“Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M., “Witchcraft”
by Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald singing
a fabulous “Ding-Dong, the Witch is Dead.”
Now playing at Cinemark and Cinema
World, it’s a show worth seeing if instantly
forgettable. Fine for a summer night.
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