Bewitched
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 24, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
21
Negative:
14
Watch Now
Stream On
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The result, at best, is a sweet failure. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Forget chemistry: There's no biology to the star casting. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Bewitched presents a phony and cynical look at how Hollywood might make or remake a television show. It's as grating, laughless, and narcissistic (though, to its credit, not as cruel) as that new Lisa Kudrow show-within-a-show-within-a-show, "The Comeback." Read full review
33
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A terrible, terrible movie. Its creators have a swell idea at the core, a wonderful leading lady, and several stalwart comic players in support, and they make of all of that a picture with the wit of an armpit fart, the verve of a boxwood shrub, and the appeal of a long night in an ER waiting room. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It sinks so deep and fast, you don't even see bubbles on the surface. Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Regardless of the cute little hats and clam-diggers she wears, it's impossible to believe Kidman as a breathless ingenue; that relentless drive and steely Kidmanesque determination keep jutting through the cotton in flinty, sharp-edged shards. Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Ken Tucker
Kidman is stuck in this pomo movie about the making of a TV-show remake. It’s "Being John Malkovich for Morons." Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklySteven Mikulan
The film's funny for 15 minutes as it skewers Hollywood and prowls block after block of familiar L.A. scenery. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
Un-magical, unfunny and un-romantic alleged comedy. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The motion picture version of Bewitched is a travesty of monumental proportions that belongs in the "What the hell were they thinking?" category. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Why is the movie such a mess? Will Ferrell plays a washed-up actor who's supposed to be a hopeless mess, but even his character makes little sense. Is it all supposed to be postmodern? No, it's post-postmortem, the dead spirit of a dearly departed show.
10
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Bewitched piles miscalculation upon miscalculation, beginning by casting the iron-willed Kidman, one of film's gutsiest and most fearless actresses, as a regressive pre-feminist dumb-blonde doormat, a sort of mildly retarded amalgam of Marilyn Monroe, Renée Zellweger, and Meg Ryan. Read full review
0
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
To spend even 10 minutes in the movie's universe is to experience the Sartrean nausea of an utterly hollow head and heart. Read full review
0
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
This hackneyed, hapless and utterly useless redo of an overrated 1960s sitcom is excruciating to sit through for a dozen reasons. Read full review
More From This Movie

34 Critic Reviews

5.5 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 81 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2 77 Project Hail Mary
3 75 Send Help
4 73 Hoppers
5 72 The Sheep Detectives
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL