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Practical Magic
1998
· Movie
· 104 min
C
MEANRANK
61/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3874
- IMDb #3634
- Google retired #1184
- Rotten Tomatoes #3594
- Metacritic #3415
- Letterboxd #2039
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4677
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2303
- Metacritic Critics #3620
- Metacritic Audience #2886
- Criticker #3259
- Douban #2261
- Kinopoisk #2027
- AlloCiné #4683
- Trakt #1768
Every rating
31–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 31, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 40, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two sisters with a family history of witchcraft were raised by their eccentric aunts. They have always been cursed in love—any man who falls for them meets an untimely end. When one sister's abusive boyfriend dies, they must use their magic to cover it up and break the family curse.
Details
- Director
- Griffin Dunne
- Writers
- Adam Brooks, Akiva Goldsman, Robin Swicord
- Based on
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
- Released
- 16 October 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Box office
- $94.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| American Comedy Awards 1999 | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Dianne Wiest | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 | Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Aidan Quinn | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 | Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy/Romance | Stockard Channing | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 | Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy/Romance | Dianne Wiest | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1999 | Favorite Song from a Movie | " This Kiss " by Faith Hill | Nominee |
| Youth in Film Awards 1999 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Camilla Belle | Nominee |
| Youth in Film Awards 1999 | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Evan Rachel Wood | Nominee |
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Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy/Romance | Stockard Channing | Winner |
| Favorite Actor – Comedy/Romance | Aidan Quinn | Nominee |
| Favorite Song from a Movie | " This Kiss " by Faith Hill | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy/Romance | Dianne Wiest | Nominee |
Youth in Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Camilla Belle | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress | Evan Rachel Wood | Nominee |
American Comedy Awards
1 nomination
| Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Dianne Wiest | Nominee |