Nora Ephron, in the past, the author of classics like "When Harry Met Sally," directs Nicole Kidman in the review of the historical sitcom "Bewitched"
The Hollywood star Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) has fallen into disrepair after the economic catastrophe of his latest blockbuster. Forced to accept the TV as a means to climb the slope, the actor agrees to play the remake of the famous series "Bewitched." Determined to be the only star of the series, directing and producing Wyatt requires taking an unknown protagonist, at the end to a wish of the plaintiff the choice for the lead role, that of the mythical witch Samantha, Isabel falls sull'inesperta but perfect Bigelow (Nicole Kidman), just moved to Los Angeles and looking for work. But what Jack does not know is that Isabel is in reality just a witch in search of a normal and peaceful existence. When she starts working with a pilot episode immediately created the first comic contrasts between the two, mainly due to the different worlds they belong to. Further complicating the situation then there is the presence of two other bizarre characters, the father of Isabel, the magician Nigel (Michael Caine) and especially the old diva Iris Smythson (Shirley MacLaine), a capricious witch who plays the mother Samantha.
It now seems clear that the attempt to persuade Nicole Kidman in a genre such as comedy is, at least for the moment, for burning a failure: after the lackluster "The Stepford Wives" (The Stepford Wives, 2004) veteran Frank Oz, here comes on our screens "Bewitched," directed by a more experienced and capable director within the genre: Nora Ephron, in the past, the author of classics like "When Harry Met Sally" (When Harry Met Sally, 1989) - his the script - or "You've Got Mail" (You've Got Mail, 1998) - which he also directed. Well, despite the presence at the helm of the operation of Ephorn, this update / revision of the classic TV affectionate looks like a film just tired and almost never able to entertain the viewer. The operation soon proved quite inconsistent in many respects, first of all, to a screenplay that never fails to offer fun and original scenes shots surprisingly, quite the opposite: the script does in fact the wretched business of "wasting" two great actors like Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine in particular, relegated to two supporting roles but have no brilliance. Kidman also the same, which should be the focus of the film comedy with Will Ferrell, seems consumed an actress who wants to act like a twenty, and you get lost and sad fact of grimace curling his handsome nose. In short, "Bewitched" adds nothing to the great glories of the "sophisticated comedy" Hollywood: if anything, the film shows the need of an idea precisa alla base di un prodotto come questo: qui, al contrario, sembrano essere stati uniti tra loro senza alcun senso una serie di fattori che da soli non bastano a fare un buon film.
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