Plot Summary
Jack Wyatt is a narcissistic actor who is approached to play Darrin in a remake of the sitcom Bewitched, but insists that an unknown play Samantha. Isabel Bigelow is an actual witch who decides she wants to be normal and moves to Los Angeles to start a new life and becomes friends with her neighbor Maria. She goes to a bookstore to learn how to get a job after seeing an advertisement of Ed McMahon on television. Jack happens to be at the same bookstore after attending some failed Samantha auditions.
Jack spots Isabel and persuades her to audition. At the same time, while she tries to settle into her new life, Isabel’s intrusive father Nigel keeps appearing to convince her to return home. After Isabel impresses the show’s producers and writers, Jack finally convinces Isabel to join the show. Also joining the show is legendary actress Iris Smythson, as Endora. After a successful taping of the pilot, Isabel happens to overhear a conversation between Jack and his agent Ritchie about how they tricked Isabel into appearing without having any lines. Furious, Isabel storms off with Nina and her new neighbor friend Maria.
She sees she has three choices: quit, get mad, or live with it. Instead, Isabel’s Aunt Clara visits and aids Isabel in casting a love spell on Jack. At the same time, Nigel is introduced to Iris and becomes infatuated with her. The hex works and Jack becomes lovestruck by Isabel, insisting on several script changes to give her some dialogue and jokes, ignoring statements from test groups preferring Isabel over him. Jack’s affection for Isabel grows and he asks her out on a date, making Isabel forget about the hex. But when he brings her home, she remembers and reverses it back to when she and Aunt Clara cast it.
Meet the Cast
Info & Stats
Director:
Nora Ephron
Writers:
Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Sol Saks
Stars:
Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine
Categories:
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Budget:
$85,000,000.00
Revenue:
$131,426,169.00
Age: PG13Â Â |Â Â Duration: 1h 42m
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