PRACTICAL MAGIC is DARK but WHOLESOME?! (Movie Commentary & Reaction)

[@themoviebud1988]

Guys, we didn't miss anything about why they brought him back... what we were trying to say was that it didn’t matter why they brought him back. It would have made way more sense for them to try to hide the evidence and evade the law than just bring him back. They're witches... as if bringing him back was easier/safer than just throwing off the law. We really wish we had communicated this point better, but it is the way it is. It's been 3 years, please let it go now

[@spikesecho724]

I don't think you guys caught, that the ONLY reason they're stressing about bringing him back to life, is so they aren't "murderers" and go to jail.....she doesn't want him back

[@adventuresinlaurenland]

To be fair, they didn't catch a lot in the movie 😂

[@tanita6234]

@@adventuresinlaurenland lol true

[@staciehill3301]

I couldn't even finish watching the video just because they went on and on about something they thought instead of paying attention LOL.

[@spikesecho724]

@@staciehill3301 It was rough! Lol, not gonna lie

[@that.ll_do_pig]

@Queen Morrigaen that's not really true. They have excellent insights in most of their movie reviews. They aren't perfect, they're bound to get it wrong sometimes

[@the_medievalchick]

They were bringing him back from death to avoid being arrested, not to have him back as a boyfriend :)

[@kenzieken1436]

I was just about to say the same thing lol

[@CatallusCarmina]

Yeah, was coming here to say the same thing. Like, I thought that was pretty obvious... but I guess when you talk constantly over the movie, you miss these sorta details.

[@scarlettmi]

Yeah, they really missed the point on a few scenes/plot points here. It was kind of a rough watch.

[@BlaiseRashelHarman10]

@@scarlettmi I agree, every time they bring it back up again it feels grating. I'm only 22 minutes in and idk if I can finish

[@ashante190]

They did address it in their commentary and stated how considering how small the town is and how he probably isn't a favorable guy, his death may not bring as much attention. I also think there has to be a spell to hide a body. Seems like a waste of a ritual since they just ended up killing him anyways.

[@steph4753]

To answer your question “Why did the other women come to help them at the end” Every girl at one point or another wanted to be a witch, of course they’re gonna run at the opportunity of doing spells and shit. I WOULD

[@lightefilit]

Umm... Well, if it's something fun like Sabrina, then it is cool and looks fun. But Black magic isn't. It affects both the person you are cursing and the one who puts the curse.

[@meghanmonroe]

💯

[@licantropavampiresa]

Damn right!! I will go, except if is Dark,playing with spirits magic. Never go near a quija but talismans to have a lil more luck, yes

[@persgodiva]

facts

[@persgodiva]

Yeah, that was sort of the point of the bullying going on for centuries - they were all jealous.

[@bookofdaisy9124]

I think you guys missed it but yes, they did break the curse at the end when Sally cut their hands and joined them together. In that little memory montage that happens you can see a clip of their ancestor Maria being "set free" in a way. It's symbolic for how the love between sisters is above any love for a man and how by saving each other, they're really "saving" all the women in their family.

[@ShadowsintheEyes]

Exactly! Well said.

[@desertlover12]

I never caught how this could be a metaphor for generational trauma until your commentary. They saved their daughters and all generations after them of the curse.

[@margaretsmith756]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! It was driving me crazy that this incredibly important plot point went right over their heads! Meh... muggles... what can ya do. :P

[@dionnel8882]

@@margaretsmith756 muggles hahahaha

[@joaoclaro9099]

More time spent on jokes than watching it properly so they could understand these nuances of the story.

[@RagingRaven88]

This movie is like a two hour long hair commercial. Their hair is just so damn majestic I can't help but be jealous every time I watch this.

[@ShadowsintheEyes]

Ugh, I know. I've always wanted my hair to look like Sandra's does in this movie (though I love Nicole's color!).

[@MiniDebz]

every time i watch this i get hair envy lol

[@monio.9444]

The hair was fake tho. I read somewhere that they were wearing long extensions. If you look carefully it shows a bit and you can especially observe it in the way the hair is moving around. But yeah, I know what you mean, I love how the hair looks perfect at all times.

[@Serenity113]

@@monio.9444 You can sort of tell with Sandra's hair. Some parts look shorter than the length. They didn't do a good job of blending in the layers. Nicole's hair to me I thought was all her hair.

[@sexysadie2901]

@@Serenity113 Nicole Kidman always wears wigs in movies, her hair is too fragile for the lights.

[@libertychandler8442]

Omg this is one of my favorite movies ever and nobody really talks about it

[@StardustandMadness]

Mine too. I can watch it all the time and never get sick of it.

[@logicdiary3179]

Yes this is one of my favorites, too. Does everyone love it but no one talks about it? The Stockard Channing narration is just the best 🥰

[@LaTashaGreenlee]

I was just going to comment this. No one ever reacts to it.

[@shannadehning9464]

The house in this movie is a set design and I've never wanted a house to be real more.

[@JulesStorm92]

Didn’t the actually build the house just for the movie just to destroy it afterwards?

[@Angela-bm3lp]

@@JulesStorm92 yes, and the ground below it couldn't be permanently disturbed so it was very difficult.

[@TwoCagedBirds]

YES!!! Probably my favorite movie house of all time, I just love it so much.

[@jameslyon2338]

@@JulesStorm92 yes. Barbara Streisand called the production company asking where the house was as she wanted to buy it and she was apparently very distraught when told it was just an empty tiber shell of a house constructed in a park and the interiors were all shot on a soundstage.

[@Stephaniacat]

@@jameslyon2338 whaaat?!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭

[@EmphaticNod]

A few points you missed because you talked over them: - As others have said, they initially tried to bring Jimmy back because they wanted to avoid becoming criminals. - Sally explained to Gary that part of the Craft is belief giving power to symbols. His badge is just metal, but because it is a SYMBOL that he believes gives him strength and authority (the Sherriff's star), it has power against lawlessness and evil. This is why it repels Jimmy's ghost. - This same line of reasoning is also how Gary makes the logical leap later that curses, like symbols, only have power when you believe in them.

[@jennaB209]

Also I’m pretty sure when they say their mother “died of a broken heart” they mean she committed suicide.

[@z1LeaF]

I never thought of that and I've watched this movie like 1,000 times

[@Elle_De_Jour]

Yea I have always thought this too especially because Kylie says "how could she do that" implying she purposefully did something.

[@aele0317]

Though there have been cases of people dying of broken heart especially with older couples. The grief stresses out their body and heart... and it just gave out

[@ledameth8247]

@@Elle_De_Jour Yes! And that's why Gillian asks Sally if she forgives their mother.

[@Serenity113]

I always thought she fell into a depression and gotten sick and died. lol

[@CJ77777]

I'm at the point where they're bringing D'Angelo back. Not sure if you missed it, she's not bringing him back because she wants to but so she doesn't go down for murder. One of the main factors is that she has been drugging him and it would show up in the toxicology report.

[@ViolentEuthymia]

Which she says, both of these things, but you can tell they didn’t hear it. Oh well they brought light back to a great movie and I generally love their reviews.

[@Kittyhat24]

"died of a broken heart" is just a different way of saying their mom committed suicide! so when they're talking about forgiving their mom, they mean because she killed herself.

[@meghanmonroe]

Oh, almost 30 years later and I definitely didn't get that.

[@Darkrose517]

I always thought she gave up and let herself starve or become sick, but this makes sense too.

[@JustLikeAFlower]

@@Darkrose517 that’s suicide as well

[@sexysadie2901]

No.

[@yippeeflowers]

in the books it was a fire. plenty of people suffer from broken heart syndrome as well.

[@henninggirl261]

The last thing they filmed were the wide shots of the tequila scene. They had to film it twice, and the actresses said if they had to do it again, they preferred to drink the real stuff. So when you see the whole table and not close-ups, they're actually drunk.

[@monio.9444]

Omg, is there a "how it was made" video anywhere? I wanna know more stuff like this cause I loved this movie.

[@RPG_Angie]

That's it, I'm going on a YT binge for Practical Magic BTS videos.

[@henninggirl261]

@@RPG_Angie Sandra Bullock talks about it on the movie commentary

[@gp2671]

If I thought someone was a witch, I would make them my best friend and I would be extra nice to them. Bullying witches does not seem like a smart idea.

[@themoviebud1988]

Actually though! - Stef

[@seaneendelong8065]

Mmmmm, feigning friendship from fear- any actual witch, or even an aware person- will know what your motivation is.... and avoid you at best.

[@FoxgloveWanderer]

I'm loving the fact that, in the opening with the woman getting a spell cast on the guy she wants, you say that he's gonna turn into some kind of psycho who wants her so much he can't stand it, and even though it doesn't come up in the movie again this character comes back a few times in the book and that's exactly what happens.

[@themoviebud1988]

Called it 😆 - Stef

[@summerrose8110]

@@themoviebud1988 I hope you guys know you completely missed the point on why they were trying to revive him. She didn't want him back, they tried to avoid prison. Although if the soul is gone, you can't get that back.

[@ThisIsNotAhnJieRen]

In the book, the lady that requested for the spell got some real karma. The wife of the guy she stole fell into depression. The guy basically became a lapdog. He follows her like a shadow. The woman said she doesn't even have time to pee anymore because he always wants to f*ck. He basically became annoying and lost all his personality. The woman went to the aunts but found Sally and Gillian (they were still kids then). She physically attacked the girls when they said the aunts weren't home. The aunts were so pissed that they hexed her so whenever she speaks only chicken and bird noises come out of her.

[@DoranGale]

One of my all time favorites, and a large part of the reason I started studying Wicca and witchcraft when I was younger. The Craft has accurate elements, but it perpetuated the stigma because it got so dark and psychotic. Sally’s more like your average modern witch, writing sweet little spells and running a little shop full of hand made goods made witch magical intent. The dream... 🌘🌑🌒🌛🌝🌜

[@kecym.4808]

that's cool

[@jameslyon2338]

Their plan for bringing him back was basically to throw his violent ass out into the world and if he gets killed by the cops or something then his death isn't on them. They accept that anyone brought back would be problematic and not like their former self, which is why they agreed not to bring back the husband.

[@sivonni]

it was actually mentioned in the movie that because Gillian was giving him belladonna, it would look like she was poisoning him for months, not just in self defense. That's why she wanted to bring him back, to avoid a life sentence herself. It's pretty clear. I got it the first time I saw the movie.

[@theholyhorehay]

To clear up why he won’t die from the curse-the spell she did as a kid was for an impossible man that the curse won’t be able to touch. She thought she’d never fall in love, so the curse would never hurt her. And with the star burning Jimmy, it’s his talisman. The badge only has power because he believes in it. Sally was talking about how it doesn’t stop criminals in their path but it ended doing just that.

[@z1LeaF]

No it's because the sisters broke the curse when they came together for the final banishing spell.

[@margaretsmith756]

@@z1LeaF I believe Holly is talking about the scene where Jimmy reaches into the cops chest and the star burns him and stops him in that moment. The talisman of the star had power because the cop believes in it -- as detailed by Sally earlier.

[@drewrayg]

I think you guys missed a lot on this film. Usually you guys pick up on a lot. The song they were singing doing midnight margaritas is the song Jimmy was singing in the car. And, the reason they were speaking those “truths” when they were drinking could be interpreted as Jimmy was making him say those things since it was his tequila.

[@carlalussini]

Yeah, they didn't find it suspicious that suddenly ALL of them where mean drunks?!😳

[@Angelica_h023]

He was definitely not the point. The sisters’ love was the point and the bond of women. 👍

[@morgs7169]

Btw this movie is based off of a book by Alice Hoffman. She also has a book about the aunts when they were younger and another book about their ancestor, Maria. Edit: Also, Sally is supposed to be really powerful. She is as powerful as Maria was, if not more. If I’m remembering correctly. Gillian is not though. But Sally chooses to not use her powers because of all the loss she has gone through.

[@henninggirl261]

This is a movie, where if someone were to list their favorite houses in films, this one will always be near the top of the list. Also, most women will understand you when you say "the look I'm going for is 'Practical Magic' hair."

[@marybethgoeggel4658]

I want that kitchen!!

[@henninggirl261]

@@marybethgoeggel4658 I will figure out how to keep plants alive if I can have that attached greenhouse!

[@StardustandMadness]

I WISH my hair could do any of that

[@beetlebob4675]

My brother is gay, gender-fluid, and has been wearing more feminine flowy clothes. We both currently have a similar yet opposite inner-goth-meets-outer-old-lady-hippie style that we like to call "The Owen's Aunts" 🤣

[@Angela-bm3lp]

They don't want Jimmy back. They only want to avoid going to jail for his murder.

[@serenityq26]

well that is what brooms are for. not for riding but sweeping away evil spirits/energy. also to clean a ritual space so you arent using magic on top of magic which can cause all kinds of bad to happen

[@yippeeflowers]

and riding. flying ointment is best absorbed down below.

[@emilie11291]

Ya'll are roasting them so hard for not catching that they brought the dude back to life so they wouldn't go to jail 😂😂😂 I honestly thought they would like the movie more, but they HAVE stated in the past that they are very disturbed by love potions and stuff.. which this story is HEAVY HANDED with, so.. 🤷.. tbh makes sense. I think this is one of those movies that the more u watch the more things u realize, like how it's heavily implied that the mom actually killed herself after the dad died... or how when they're doing "margarita at midnight" they're not just shouting out offensive stuff because they're drunk but because they're having fun with a "truth potion" in the margarita, so that's why they can't control the hard truths that come out of their mouths and instead of getting hurt they laugh it off. This is still one of my fave movies from childhood, thank you so much for reacting to it! It really made my day! :D

[@lunacouer]

Lol, I hear you. There are a lot of the same comments. I figure that since abusive partners can be a personal and painful subject, hearing someone shaming Gillian for "wanting him back" makes folks touchy, especially since that's not at all what was happening. With the margaritas, Jimmy materialized the bottle on their front porch. Or maybe he used the frogs to get it from the car and move it, lol. Either way, when the aunts used it to make the margaritas, once they drank it, he was influencing them. That's why they got so mean with each other. It was only when the aunts started singing his song that Sally and Gillian realized what happened. When Gillian broke the bottle, it woke them up out of Jimmy's trance.

[@gabrieladelgado2172]

This it's literally my comfort movie 😭✨ the house in the movie is my dream house. It was so sad when I found out it was a set and not an actual house

[@steph4753]

Me and my sisters saw a house that looks exactly like theirs when we driving once and we all starting screaming that it was the Owens house

[@gabrieladelgado2172]

@@steph4753 no waaay! I would have freaked out too!! That house is freaking beautiful 😹✨✨

[@the_medievalchick]

The book is actually brilliant... Very different than the movie, but this is a case of both being good in their own way :)

[@bookofdaisy9124]

I actually really hated the book lol IMO it doesn't compare with the movie whatsoever

[@curbstopper5000]

Allison Hoffman made a prequel book called The Rules of Magic, and then made a pre prequel called Magic Lessons

[@the_medievalchick]

@@bookofdaisy9124 I liked the book, but it was really surprising how different the tone&feel of it was, compared to the movie... It reminded me of East of Eaden, bit less high literature, maybe I read it close one after the other, but I found the serious exploration of sibling/sister relationships enticing and the subtlety of the presence of magic interesting :) Read it only once though, but I would recommend it to anyone, just not really in connection with the movie, that's its own thing ..

[@TheBitchWhoWasPromised]

There's a book?? 👁👄👁

[@the_medievalchick]

@@TheBitchWhoWasPromised :))) it's in the titles in the beginning of the movie, just when the children are chanting 'you're a witch' and it cuts to the house.. The book shares the basic plot points, but it is much more sombre, less charming, it covers more time, and it just feels different... it's interesting and well written, but if you go into it with the movie in mind, it might be disappointing

[@BillyBinges]

My boys finally got a upload from you. We missed you. I never seen this movie tho. So ima hold off until i watched. But dropping a comment for the algorithm..

[@jennaB209]

YAY BILLY!!

[@cee3poh888]

Do it Billy

[@sarahcampbell1115]

I work in a domestic violence shelter and all though there are typically red flags, they can be overshadowed by the good times. People don't get with someone because it was bad right away or because it's all bad. There are a lot of reasons someone will stay in an abusive relationship, financial control, threats, believing the treatment is normal, gaslighting and because they love them and believe it could get better.

[@creatingpulsars9979]

Others have said it, that they were trying to bring him back because they would be the obvious suspects for his murder, because they were terrified, scared, hyped up on adrenaline, amazingly enough people in a panic who just when through something traumatic, tend not to make the best decisions in those moments. I also want to add that I'm not sure you guys got that this film/story really is more metaphorical. I feel like yall took some aspects a little too seriously/literally. Everything about him haunting them, primarily Nicole, was a portrayal of how abuse "haunts" people afterwards. It was the story of a man who was severely abusive, and even after he was gone and she was safe from him physically, the abuse stayed with her, the trauma doesn't go away with him. Leaning on the people she loved, reaching out, asking for help from others instead of hiding away and fearing who you are and what you've gone through, that saved them.

[@ViolentEuthymia]

So much better than my comment, agree 100% but I just take it as we all see different things when we go see a movie and it’s easy to miss nuance when you’re with friends. I know my friends and I are chatty during movies too.

[@thebakingtheorist7997]

I always thought that their reason for bringing him back was because they'd murdered him. They didn't want Sally to lose her kids when she gets locked up for murder. I'm also worried that your pasta sauce is very thin, as that ghost-broth looked nothing like what I consider pasta sauce! And "90s as fuck" is exactly how I like my movies! I'm so glad you're on this era.

[@themoviebud1988]

Oh for sure, we knew they were just trying to avoid jail time, but we still thought it was a terrible idea 😆 Haha yeah, my mum would kill me if I made a sauce that looked like that 😅 90s as fuck is how I like a lot of things tbh lol Also, “ghost-broth” is brilliant 😂 - Stef

[@toxicginger9936]

Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock is a good time... but so is Stockard Channing. She is so underrated but so awesome.

[@ceceliam9014]

And Dianne Wiest!

[@NikkieTwix]

“Fuck homework, let’s summon Satan” and “what if David Bowie rocks up” 😂😂

[@kellharris2491]

So the reason why Jillian said sally was wasting herself is because sally is far more powerful magically but she is super introverted. The aunts cast a spell for her to fall in love otherwise she would never have dated anybody. The aunts cast the love spell because they where worried about sally.Jillian lives like a more 'traditional' witch being wild and having many love Affairs. extrovert She is like their Ancestor but she has a lot less power. This is the source of their sibling rivalry.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

Goran Visjnic was super sexy in the late 90's when he was trying to break into Hollywood and still has that dark, brooding look. He is Croatian and was in the military when Yugoslavia broke up. This was his first notable role and he was on the series ER for a couple of years right after this movie.

[@jennaB209]

I remember being 7 years old in my parents’ bedroom flipping through the channels and coming across this movie. I just couldn’t look away. The scene with Jimmy’s ghost might’ve scarred me for a few years but now it’s one of my fav yearly Halloween movies and I’m always quoting it with my best friend. I’ve always dreamed of recreating the aunts house. I’d love to live there❤️

[@monio.9444]

Same here, caught it on tv when I was a kid and I was mesmerised. And then of course I got the movie and watched it a million times and pretended I'm a witch with my friends :))

[@ma-ri-ko]

This movie is for folks breaking generational curses. It is *definitely* 90’s as fuck, part of that is because the studio really wanted this to be a lighthearted, like Hocus Pocus-style IP. There was a different score originally and they brought in someone else at the last minute because the original music was “too serious.” But looking at the acting, the cinematography, the care with which the production was handled... I think there’s a studio-mandated tone issue here that affects the whole Jimmy storyline. It was actually a huge fuckin deal to be a witch in the 90’s. This movie came out right around the time I started practicing (shout out to Evan Rachel Wood in this movie, she’s 16 days older than me) and the general media environment was fascinated with the “earth-based religion” revival. In turn, you had the rise of christian religious extremists who were convinced that between us and The Gays (and those of us who were gay witches!!), the world was ending. To avoid getting hatred and boycotts on movies like this, studios would lean really hard into “whimsical” even when dealing with stories that were not... that. So we end up with a movie that is definitely by witches 4 witches in a social climate which was still very much dominated by christian extremism. I’ve noticed a disconnect with that context in a lot of commentaries about late 90’s/early 2000’s stuff, like not having demons in the Doom movie or the character “known as the Devil” on the Vampire Diaries. This was the age of Chick Tracts and pipe bombs in Planned Parenthoods. As a child I was told I was going to hell pretty frequently and one of my mom’s friends stopped speaking to her because mom let me practice. I grew up in a major city too, you wanna talk generational curses, let’s go with the legacy of the puritans on everyday life in the US. One of the things Practical Magic makes clear is that magic has always been a tool of the desperate. People with no social power can always turn to their ancestors, to the Earth, and others will seek out our help. Like, you can feel how you feel about religion and magic, but I can prove that my ancestors existed and that they wanted their line to thrive. Gilly and Sally are what happen when the social role we used to inhabit as spiritual guides is suppressed and reviled. You have power but you don’t have the teachings or self-preservation to make good choices with it. I think y’all might be able to intuit that is a very exploitable weakness for people like Jimmy Angelov. I think the best option to resolve the weirdness with Jimmy’s resurrection would have been to make it accidental. It’s not what happens in the book but suspension of disbelief can have different thresholds for books vs movies. We see the Owens’ use power instinctively a lot, if the sisters had been arguing about what to do and their desperation had built enough energy to spill out of them and reverse his death, that might have held up better over the intervening decades than trying to get us to buy that this was a stubbornly intentional choice. I dunno. The cop love interest hasn’t held up so well either but I don’t have any solutions for that one. There was actually really good witch logic otherwise, like using tequila as a taglock to call Jimmy to the surface consciousness in Gilly’s body and the spirit confronting his reflection in the five pointed star being a banishing influence. I loved how they talked about symbols and how modern society interacts with them. Tbh, the denial of magic in favor of the rational was the justification for centuries of atrocities by “enlightened” colonial powers. I love that this current wave of witchcraft revival includes a reclamation of heritage by BIPOC. We love movies like this because, barring some special effects, it feels familiar. How do you keep going under a feeling of pervasive doom? What does it actually take to break a cycle of violence or loss? How does it feel to love when you know your loved ones are at risk? All very pertinent questions.

[@meghanmonroe]

Awesome comment.

[@ma-ri-ko]

@@meghanmonroe apparently I have too much time on my hands 😅

[@meghanmonroe]

@@ma-ri-ko Well I read it, so I guess I don't either 😂

[@nbucwa6621]

@@ma-ri-ko It was a great read for those of us who don;t remember the context of the 90s and only really have the fiction as our basis of knowledge of witches.

[@Aster_Risk]

It was a beautiful comment that I very much enjoyed reading. I don't believe in magic and I'm an atheist, but I absolutely believe in the need to feel like you have control or power in situations where autonomy has been taken from you.

[@abxdon9980]

The curse was broken at 53:02 so she could fall in love again with the detective 😊

[@marybethgoeggel4658]

Also, the detective met all of her criteria that she made when she was a kid.

[@spoonsandlocks]

Lol to be fair, Angelov's death actually *was* accidental. They had only wanted to drug him, but in her panic, Sally put too much of the Belladonna in the drink. But the whole thing counts for self defense anyway, wouldn't you say?

[@junemoon92]

I think it was the women of the town accepting them by helping with the ritual that broke the curse since in the beginning of the movie all the women of the town hated Maria

[@ms.craftycapricorn9475]

This is what I thought too

[@sexysadie2901]

It was the sisters.

[@kecym.4808]

interesting

[@nasjiaglenn1869]

This is the rainy Sunday morning movie I would watch with my mom as a kidTo this day is one of the few movies that actually makes me cry

[@alexfortin]

Makes me cry everytime too

[@Stephaniacat]

"I wished for you too" breaks me every time

[@mpatient133]

i genuinely don’t know if this is a new background or better lightning 💀

[@themoviebud1988]

Moved the couch 😆 - Sam

[@Vincisomething]

So, unironically in the witch community that is a thing (no, I'm not talking about Harry Potter or Sabrina witches @ ignorant trolls). People kind of frown on those who have the intention of controlling a person's autonomy and that includes love potions. If you're going to do a love potion, it's OK if it's a self-love potion or the person has consented. And besides, doing a spell (whether or not you believe in it) on someone who doesn't like you that much in the first place just isn't going to end well.

[@erinraecowin]

Literally about to write this, thought I'd check first. LOL.

[@yippeeflowers]

might want to specify white and western witchcraft community.

[@Angela-bm3lp]

When Jillian asked Sally if she forgave their mother, I think she meant for dying of a broken heart and essentially leaving them as young girls. Which is why she says you'll never forgive yourself, etc.

[@afry6400]

That star did damage to the spirit partly because it is a bit of a talisman for him but also, if you remember, Sally ran her thumb over it and blessed it. Not clear if it was consciously or unconsciously but she didn't want any harm to come to him. Right from the start she was clearly feeling something for him.

[@DegrassiInstantStar]

_Practical Magic_ is one of those films I've loved since I was a child.

[@kevinscott1547]

The song THIS KISS is by Faith Hill.

[@andidreyes5323]

There are some movies that I feel in my soul. This is one of them. I wonder if it's a woman's movie but my brother loves it. He thinks it is kinda beautiful as a story. Also this soundtrack is one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE soundtracks. Just beautiful music. Beautiful scenes.

[@JoyfulOrb]

I read this book SO many times, it's gorgeous. It's not about bringing back an abusive partner for any reason, I swear. There's so much MORE in the book, honestly, but I do love the casting. Love your reactions, gentlemen!

[@darla1aeryn1fan80]

I'm pretty sure that "died of a broken heart" in this context is a euphemism for suicide. Like, that's why there's that awkward pause when little Sally asks her aunts if that's what happened, and why Gillian asks Sally if she's ever forgiven their mother for it, and why the kids want to know how how could she leave her kids like that.

[@juliasmith5263]

omgggg yes!!! now i need y’all to do Death Becomes Her!!!!

[@carlalussini]

Oh my gooooodddddd yesssssssssssssssssssss

[@bookofdaisy9124]

yoooooo I never thought I'd see the day where someone actually reacts to this lol this is in my top 3 favourite movies of all time!

[@Ka_Malani]

Midnight Margaritas are still a must in 2021.

[@mattisenwalter682]

This is my favorite movie of all time! I used to watch it ever Halloween season with my mom. Now its my dream aesthetic. Also this was a book (a very enjoyable one) but the book was unbelievably different from the movie with very minor similarities.

[@rockthekazb0t]

Ahhhhhh I'm at work so I have to watch this later but Practical Magic was one of my favorite movies growing up and the soundtrack was *perfection* - especially Stevie Nick's solo rendition of Crystal (originally she sang it with then-boyfriend and music partner Lindsey Buckingham in the pre-Fleetwood Mac years)

[@StardustandMadness]

I love this version of Crystal 😍

[@ViolentEuthymia]

I really like this channel but this is the first movie where I couldn’t stop thinking “you’re overthinking this, get out of your own head”. Like I get they’re bouncing commentary in the moment but they missed super key plot hints and even normal emotional responses because they were too busy joking. That said... this is one of my favorite movies and I had to watch it before this review so it’s all fresh to me xD

[@blissdillon2534]

When the sisters clasped hands that flash of Maria’s spirit was them breaking the curse, why the officer won’t die

[@erinraecowin]

"So if you're gay, it's cool?" Yeah. About that. Read the prequel.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Yes. No one (maybe not no one), but this is rarely talked about. It is in my list of underrated films. I love how charming it is. I like how the magic system is unique and something you can picture in the real world. I also love how this is a story of sisterhood and women especially in the end where it is women just supporting each other instead of bad mouthing each other. I also like how Sally’s daughters are a mix of both Sally and Ginny. I especially love how they want their mom to be happy. They aren’t like, “this man isn’t our dad. We need him out”. They see that is the guy of their mom’s wish and they want her to have that even if they disagree on some other aspects. I also like how they don’t make the men bad to lift the women up. There were good men and there was one bad one. Lastly, the score and soundtrack is top notch. And many add to the story and the characters which is a bonus. Sorry for the long post. I just don’t get the opportunity to talk about this movie.

[@TheElectricitychick]

I honestly screamed when I saw what movie you were reacting to. My mom, a die hard satan-blaming Harry Potter- condemning christian, ADORES this movie. I love it too

[@serenshadow89]

47:24 he's just repeating what he said earlier about his Sherrifs badge... that its a symbol and has power because he BELIEVES it has power. He turned it around on the curse. If a symbol only has power because you believe it does, then surely a curse is the same. Its a logical conclusion.

[@filippa1434]

"It wouldn't be Michael it would be something dark." "I don't care" *Gets Full Metal Alchemist flashbacks*

[@themoviebud1988]

Right!? 😆 - Stef

[@victoriabryer4710]

"How much did you give him Sal" "I don't know Jill, I wasn't using a measuring cup"

[@shannadehning9464]

I'm dying that you're both so confused about the witchcraft haha

[@sandystefany3823]

Love Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in this. Would love if you kept doing more of these movies. For instance, Edward Scissorhands or Sleepy Hollow.

[@bethanythatsme]

Yes, agreed!

[@wittyandfunnyname2741]

Oh yes! Great idea!

[@conorhughes3756]

Sleepy hollow deserves more recognition

[@cassadisangrey6178]

Apparently, they were actually drunk while filming the midnight margaritas scene

[@themoviebud1988]

Method acting. Love it 😂 - Stef

[@ameliecarre4783]

What I liked in this movie isn't so much the magic as the family dynamic, the excentric aunts with their old clothes and hats in their old house, chocolate cake for breakfast and margaritas at midnight.

[@TheMaskedChef7]

The beetle was driving the truck for sure yeah 😂

[@maipe6917]

I’ve always loved this movie! I think the Sandra Bullock character speculates that it was the fact that the descendants of the women of the community who shunned Maria joined hands with her descendants to save another descendant of hers that broke the curse.

[@serenshadow89]

55:02 I think the curse was broken. I haven't read the book so I'm not entirely certain.... but I always assumed that during that exorcism, when Sally and Gillian combined their blood and we see the flashback of their ancestor Maria it meant that Maria had lifted the curse. I don't think you guys caught that because you were looking at each other and it was a very quick flash. I think that's what that meant, though. There are a lot of details in the movie that you guys missed. They are quick one lines or quick flashes - its easy to miss in a first time watch, especially if you're not paying close attention. I've seen this movie more than a dozen times. Its been a yearly Halloween watch for me since I was a teen. And I feel like it took me at least 3 watches - watching closely, mind you - to catch and remember every important detail. I'd encourage you to give it another watch in your own time. Maybe catching more of what you missed will give you a different perspective. Also, yes, this was adapted from a book. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman.

[@b.c842]

Here is one bad things about Movie commetarys, you talk during the movie you lose some details. She just wanted to bring him back so she wouldn't end up in jail.... (This is just an observation, the video is great)

[@electric.nachos]

The aunts are so iconic.

[@CrimsonRoseDancer]

You all missed the part in the margarita scene that the Aunts were singing the same song Angelov sang. It wasn’t the bottle from the car, they said someone left it on the porch. His spirit was starting to show itself.

[@EchanteDante]

I just loveeee loveee the entire aesthetic of this movie

[@jimbearone]

Sally has the more ‘Active’ power - making the leaves fall when she’s depressed, causing the spoon to stir her coffee, lighting candles with her breath. Gillian’s powers are more ‘Passive’ - Attraction, Mental Communication, Potion Making although they both can do most of the same things it is just their natural abilities that come easily.

[@babytooty04]

Sally and Gilly's mother killed herself. That's what they mean by she died of a broken heart.

[@FreyaEinde]

Yeah they really dance around it in the movie.

[@babytooty04]

@@FreyaEinde They really do.

[@sexysadie2901]

Not exactly.

[@peaceisnature]

Hey guys! I'm a bit high and I just realised how smart the kids are. They threw the syrup in the sea so he couldn't get it tested. If they have just dropped it he'd have been suspicious anyway BUT he'd have been able to take a sample. Smart kids throwing it in the sea!

[@MewDenise]

I had this movie recorded from TV on a VHS tape as a kid. It gave me nightmares. I also saw The Haunting 1999 at 9 years old and it scared me so much - my parents had to hide the VHS. As a teen saw it again and laughed

[@barbara832001]

The scariest thing about the Haunting is the extremely dated CGI.

[@Rawrmuffin0]

This movie means so much to me and when you slip in little quotes that cut my heart I’m ;~; like the whole love quote from aunt gillian to her niece saying “don’t worry aunt Gillian, we won’t let you fall”. I literally started sobbing. 😂

[@Ash-xt1ej]

I’m still a little new to the channel so I don’t know if you guys like movie recommendations, but I would really love to see your reaction to promising young woman!

[@alizzealvarez04]

Oh my god this movie is legit my childhood lmao love Nicole and Sandra in this 😩❤️

[@letrailhall-nance9189]

She was drugging the guy in the beginning to make him go to sleep and not be so clingy. She wasn't making him that way. He was just naturally possessive to the point she couldn't even go to the bathroom by herself so she just needed a little peace and quite

[@soficontreras8249]

You guys just made my day with an upload yessssss thank u

[@themoviebud1988]

Hope you enjoy it 😊 - Sam

[@kimberlylatrice1981]

SSSOOO glad all the comments are positive - because I LOVE this movie!!! 😍 I'm sad all the plotlines and motivations and metaphors went over you guys' head though. 😢😢😢 But hey, everyone can't relate to every movie! Thanks for giving it a watch though - no one has ever First Reacted to this movie before (that I've seen).

[@DD-rj7jk]

I'm so glad all the comments are for the movie, I was so scared people would shit on my fave movie☺🙈

[@bailey7792]

OMGOMGOMGOMG This is my favorite movie of LITERALLY ALL TIME. I cant even explain how happy I am to see this being reacted to. I love you guys so much!!!!

[@bethanythatsme]

I'm with your mom & sis, This is a fav. I agree with dark & wholesome 🖤 Thank you for another great upload

[@talco881]

Quote "You shouldn't bring anyone back from the dead," lol couldn't stop laughing...you guys had me cracking up.😄

[@sarahcampbell1115]

I'm so happy you did this movie! I read so many Wiccan books when I was a teenager because I wanted to be like them lol.

[@mariahrose6685]

You should do Warm Bodies sometime, its based on a book too and it does a good job of adapting it

[@themoviebud1988]

Definitely got that on our list. Saw it in cinemas. Great movie 😄 - Stef

[@NoudlePipW]

I love that the actress who played Nancy Spugeon was there, and the lady with the vacuum with a teacher in Sabrina, The Teenage Witch 🤣🤣

[@billybob-tt2gl]

You guys are amazing, I’m currently cleaning and wanted to watch practical magic in the background but I couldn’t find it anywhere but watching your video let’s me partly rewatch it and also get your fun commentary!

[@themoviebud1988]

Glad you liked it, bud 😄 - Stef

[@lillimarq]

Star is basically a pentagram a protection symbol.

[@LadyGreensleeves33]

Yeah, they basically just brought him back with the thought that hey, then they wouldn't have been guilty of murder lol

[@GoddessGirl2121]

I love that you did this movie because I really like this movie and I’ve never actually seen anyone do a review like this for it and I feel like it’s underrated in both Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s movie performances

[@shazamfirestar13]

I love how they look at Jimmy and they're like "Ah this wasn't a red flag back then?" lmao YES it was it still is. This movie is so great. Very nostalgic. Also Movie Bros, Practical Magic is a book same name as the movie and written by Alice Hoffman. But the beetle, the talking through the mirror., the black dog, I could go on but there's a ton of witchy imagery. And they only want to bring him back so they don't go to prison for manslaughter which is what they would have been charged with since there's no proof that he attacked first. I wish they never brought him back either.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Oh when they were having midnight margueritas, they said bad things because it was Jimmy’s rum so that it is what made them act differently.

[@debbieaguilar5498]

I lost it at: Is the beetle driving? 🤣 Come on, the beetle is just a messenger, so don’t kill it.

[@themoviebud1988]

That's just what he wants you to think 😆 - Stef

[@debbieaguilar5498]

@@themoviebud1988 XD So evil

[@jaybirdrosewater-holmes7071]

I used to watch this movie alot with my big sister. It was one of the few times we really hung out before things got really bad for our family and I didn't see her for a couple years.

[@rosagray2897]

The commentary and editing is fucking peak in this episode. Love to see you guys grow and hope for all of your success!

[@themoviebud1988]

Thanks so much! Good to hear the hours are paying off 😄 - Stef