“For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.”
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Sandra Bullock
Sally Owens
Nicole Kidman
Gillian Owens
Stockard Channing
Aunt Frances
Dianne Wiest
Aunt Jet
Goran Višnjić
Jimmy Angelov
Aidan Quinn
Gary Hallet
Evan Rachel Wood
Kylie Owens
Alexandra Artrip
Antonia Owens
Mark Feuerstein
Michael
Caprice Benedetti
Maria Owens
Practical Magic is a romance, comedy, fantasy film released in 1998 exploring themes of witch, magic, haunting, aunt niece relationship, family history, sorcery. Directed by Griffin Dunne, it stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing. Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
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