Which two major stars appeared in the film practical magic?
Actor Griffin Dunne improves a bit on his first film as a director, Addicted to Love, with this drama-comedy about a family of witches. Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play spell-casting sisters of different temperaments: the former is a high-living, free-spirited sort, while Bullock’s character is a homebody who can’t get around a family curse that kills the men in their lives. A widowed single mom, Bullock gets into a jam with an abusive Bulgarian (Goran Visnjic) and is helped out by her sibling, but the result brings a good-looking, warm, inquisitive cop (Aidan Quinn) into their lives. The film has a variety of tonal changes–cute, scary, glum–that Dunne can’t always effectively juggle. But the female-centric, celebratory nature of the film (the fantasies, the sharing, the witchy bonds) is infectious, and supporting roles by Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing as Kidman and Bullock’s magical aunts are a lot of fun. Sources:
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock starred in “Practical Magic,” one of the novels made into films, plus you’ve been a screenwriter. How has that affected your writing? “Practical Magic” wasn’t the book, but it’s a fun Hollywood movie with six great women in it. Screenplays taught me to cut away some of the excess and think about what’s really important. I collaborated with my husband since you got a lot more respect if you went in with a male partner. Sources: http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?
