Alice Hoffman, who wrote the story in the mid-'90s, discusses how the cult classic took witches, heartbreak, and chosen sisterhood seriously.
Practical Magic was always supposed to be a cult classic. Sure, four celebrated—if not critically acclaimed—actors helmed the cast, the director happened to be the nephew of Joan Didion, and the studio bestowed upon it, by nineties standards, a sizable budget. Upon its October 1998 release, however, an overwhelming number of critics were flush with shortcomings. To put it in 2022 terms: One could read kinder reviews of Don’t Worry Darling.
Due largely in part to rich characterization and expertly concocted fantastical realism, Practical Magic is to be taken a bit more seriously. As bookish Sally and bodacious Gillian grow from little girls into women, they find they have little trouble bewitching men in Hoffman’s world, where even the mundane allows for a little magic. Chocolate cake is to be bolted down for breakfast, and margaritas should be made at midnight .
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