Phenomenal! So much fun! The music, the casting, the performances…my God it’s beautiful! The new songs that original composer Maury Yeston wrote specifically for the adaptation perfectly complement his original tunes as well as uniquely honing Rob Marshall’s vision for exploring the pre-pubescent mind of 50 year old film director Guido Contini.
I enjoyed this film very much. It was an exceptionally good romantic comedy that revolves around a remake of the Betwitched TV series with the inclusion of one tiny world detail…witches really exist! Will Ferrell agrees to play Darrin in the remake with the exception that they cast an unknown as Samantha so that he can over-star-power her and recover from a string of HORRIBLE designed-for-TV-but-released-in-theatres films. His plan fails (Darrin was such an unnoticeable character in the original that he was replaced and NOBODY NOTICED!!!!), but due to the typical misleading information that is the paramount of any comedy, Nicole Kidman (delivering a beautiful turn as a witch who falls in love for the first time) becomes insulted by Ferrell’s unusual change in character (he begged her to be in the show because she could do the “nose thing”…well she is a witch…) and loses all desire to hide … Continue reading →