
The Witches of Eastwick
3.5
(2.7K)
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
1987
118 min
R
Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Starring:
Jack Nicholson
,
Cher
,
Susan Sarandon
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Veronica Cartwright
,
Richard Jenkins
,
Keith Jochim
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
Supernatural
Magic
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"3½⭐/5⭐ (Nearly 4⭐)
+ The greatest strength of this movie is its performances from the four leads. Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer have a close-knit chemistry that resonates on screen, while Jack Nicholson chews the scenery in a fun way. It also displays some of Director George Miller's signature dark energy that is also at times funny. Something about his movies always makes me feel uneasy, especially in the family drama "Lorenzo's Oil." There is some commentary on male/female relations, but it's funny and works perfectly for the material.
- Towards the end it becomes too cartoonish. What makes this movie appealing is it feels like a Halloween movie for adults, but towards the end it goes into a kind of Home Alone territory (though to be fair, Home Alone did come after this). It doesn't help that the music score is done by John Williams. If they had kept a little more to the darker side while still being funny I might have enjoyed it more, but as it is, it's still fun to watch at least once.
Overall: A fun adult Halloween movie with a cast of characters that have great chemistry. Definitely a product of the 80s that felt a bit too silly and slapstick in the last act. The very end was both funny and creepy. "
"I am too but in this case I’d say no. As I’ve gotten older I’ve gotten better about learning to appreciate books & the movies that they are based on as separate entities & now live by what Stephen King has basically said-that no movie (even a bad 1) has ever changed even 1 word in a book. However, even then, (in 1986-showing my age😂)I remember going into it knowing the story was similar but the tone couldn’t be more different. Movie is pretty campy fun as I remember! Saw in theater opening day."
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Melissa Craver