plot : two sister witches have to live with a curse placed upon their family , which prevents them from ever enjoying a full life with a lover . the hex invokes the eventual demise of their loved one . when one of their past loves comes back to haunt them , they have to figure a way out of their eternal dilemma . critique : i've been waiting for a good witch movie for a while now , but hold on to your brooms and incantations , cause this puppy is far from being it ! for a film that has the word " magic " in its title , <NEG> this movie contains very few moments of magic </NEG> . . . or humor for that matter , drama , suspense , or romance . well actually , there is some manufactured romance within <NEG> a plot that is so muddled </NEG> , it never lets you in on whether it's a comedy , a drama , a horror show , or a murder mystery . or maybe it's a romance , eh ? it doesn't really matter , cause the characters in the film are <NEG> so boring and uninteresting </NEG> , that you have absolutely no basis on which to care for them , or the film as a whole . if only the filmmakers had spent as much time on the plot as they did the sinfully obvious soundtrack , this film might've had a chance to be more than what it is now . which is <NEG> an unentertaining , crappy film </NEG> that uses the witch angle as a diversionary tactic to weave us away from its grab-bag of <NEG> stupid voice-overs </NEG> , overdone songs , melodramatic romance , <NEG> undeveloped story and uneven acting </NEG> . i only wish that i could make that one hour and forty-five minutes of my life re-appear , but alas , it is lost in the spiritual world of " interesting ideas gone wildly awry " . little known facts about this film and its stars : this film is based on the novel written by alice hoffman . co-screenwriter akiva goldsman also wrote the screenplay for 1997's batman & robin . director griffin dunne is known mainly as an actor in such films as an american werewolf in london and after hours .
