During the past week (and in the days to come) Lisa and I have been going to a bunch of movies. The first in the series was Bewitched starring Nicole Kidman and Will Farrell. Overall the movie wasn't that great. However, it was still a nice diversion for a little while. In my opinion you really can't go to wrong watching Nicole Kidman for a couple hours anyway.
Lisa is more familiar with the old series than I am and she mentioned quite a few times that they did a really good job at casting the different members of the family and basically keeping them to their old form. One such example is Samantha's Aunt Clara who was a bit bumbling and still had a handbag full of doorknobs. I honestly don't remember her at all but Lisa recognized her instantly.
I thought the cast had a pretty good chemistry overall however the writing for the movie was kind of weak. Will Farrell really wasn't in his element playing a spoiled actor. On the flip side Kidman did a great job of playing the naive young witch who wants to give up her powers and find love (and just like in the series she manages to find love while never really dropping her powers).
Overall I'd say wait for "Bewitched" to come out as a rental or to be on HBO. It was OK but not really worth the price of admission.
RATING5