twenty-something

In case you feel inclinded to see it -- for the love of God -- skip Bewitched. It is truly terrible!

I wanted to like it. I did. I love love love Will Ferrell and I generally adore Nicole Kidman. I love the TV show. But this -- this just falls flat, horribly horribly flat. There's so much potential wasted here -- the chemistry of Ferrell and Kidman, that cast (featuring all sorts of Daily Show, Strangers With Candy, and even Wonderfalls alumni), the legacy of the show, for God's sake. This film just doesn't work. It's concept is too high and it's standards are too low. Ultimately, the experience of seeing it is worse than last year's Stepford Wives, which I, for one, actually enjoyed parts of.

Here, Ferrell is doing what he does best to the worst degree, and the whole time, you're sitting there thinking, "Stop! This is Bewitched, and that's Nicole Kidman. Just stop!" The only time it works is when he's on screen with Kidman, and that's because she's looking amused and you can't help but feel the same way. And Nic? She's great. She's more human in this film than she's been since Moulin Rouge, and I loved her as Isabel/Samantha/What-The-Fuck-Is-This-Movie. She does her best to rise above the material but, ultimately, like everything else, she's wasted. And she's the star.

It's sad that perhaps my favorite parts of this film were the RENT trailer that was shown before and the Amy Sedaris cameo that popped up at the end.

The excellent Batman Begins bested Bewitched at the box office and rightfully so. Don't go see it and give this trainwreck any more money. Kidman and Ferrell will rebound, but maybe this will stop director Norah Ephron from making shitty movies that I can't help but go see.

(Anyone else happy that Herbie: Fully Loaded appears to have tanked? Maybe now Lohan will gain some weight and make The Parent Trap 2...)