Practical Magic

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Sally's daughters mirror this in a Generation Xerox fashion. With Kylie being a Fiery Redhead with no qualms about using her magic and Antonia being more levelheaded and concerned about hurting others. Sally and Gilly Owens are two sisters with an open secret: they come from a long line of witches, and their family harbors a terrible Hereditary Curse: any man who falls in love with them is doomed to die. They lost their father to the curse, and shortly after, their mother to a broken heart. As a result, they go off to live with their two eccentric aunts, Frances and Bridget. Hearing about the curse and seeing the sadness it brings, plus the enmity of the town toward their witchy family, Sally decides she never wants to fall in love, and casts a spell to protect herself from its charms by decreeing she'll fall in love only with a man she believes cannot possibly exist. Gillian, on the other hand, is a free spirit who falls into lust easily and often, usually with men who are no good for her. In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic. Alexandra Artrip as Antonia Owens, Sally's younger daughter, who also lives with her mother and the aunts after the death of her father. She has dark hair and a spunky personality. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave Practical Magic a negative review, calling it "a witch comedy so slapdash, plodding, and muddled it seems to have had a hex put on it." [14] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said that the film "doesn't seem sure what tone to adopt, veering uncertainly from horror to laughs to romance." [15] Accolades [ edit ] Year

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When Maria is abandoned by him after he impregnates her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts, where he is a judge in the witch trials. En route, she falls for the kind Jewish sailor. Internalized Categorism: Sally against magic in the movie, though especially after her husband dies. Domestic Abuse: Jimmy was extremely possessive of Gillian and eventually punched her during an argument. Later, he tries to brand her with his skull ring. Melissa Rosenberg has signed on to write and executive produce via Tall Girls Productions. Melissa is also the creator of Jessica Jones, screenwriter for all of the Twilight movies, and writer and executive producer for Dexter.

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She knows now that when you don’t lose yourself in the bargain, you find you have double the love you started with, and that’s one recipe that can’t be tampered with. Devil in Plain Sight: Jimmy Angelov, whom, in Gillian's own words, "has this Dracula cowboy thing" going for him. Spell Book: The Aunts have a very old book of spells that appears to have been passed down through the generations. Loophole Abuse: Attempted. The Aunts think that if they give Sally a magical nudge to fall in love with Michael, the terms of the curse won't be met. However, Sally Became the Mask and truly fell in love with her husband, causing the terms of the curse to activate.

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Serial Killer: Jimmy tries to brand and strangle Gillian. Gary Hallet reveals that he's done this to previous girlfriends. Lucinda Jenney as Sara, one of the town women, who initially fears the Owens family but later responds to Sally's call for help. A love spell is also used to encourage Sally to fall in love with Michael (though the aunts never knew it would go as far as it did). Toni Morrison calls The Dovekeepers “... a major contribution to twenty-first century literature.” The story of the survivors of Masada is considered by many to be Hoffman’s masterpiece. The New York Times bestselling novel was adapted for television in a 2015 miniseries starring Rachel Brosnahan and Cote de Pablo.

Turn Undead: Hallet manages to do this with his police badge. Apparently, it's all about what you really believe in.

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She put her hand to her throat as though someone were strangling her, but really she was choking on all that love she thought she’d needed so badly. After all I’ve done for you is lodged somewhere in her brain, and far worse, it’s in her heart as well. Summary: Practical Magic was the first book published in the Practical Magic series, and it dives deep into the characters of two particular Owens women, orphaned sisters Gillian and Sally. Their family has been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their small Massachusetts for generations, and their quirky aunts encourage witchery. In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic. Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Sally is dark-haired, serious, responsible, and tempered by tragedy. Gillian has bright red hair and is a devil-may-care, impulsive, party girl who never wants to be tied down.

Waif Prophet: Sally's younger daughter Antonia in the book, her older daughter Kylie in the film. In both stories, the child is able to see Jimmy's ghost when no one else can. In the present, Sally and Gillian Owens are taken in by their aunts Frances and Jet after both their parents succumb to the Owens curse. As children, Sally and Gillian are frequently ridiculed by the town's schoolchildren. After witnessing their aunts cast a love spell for a woman obsessed with her beloved, Sally casts a spell on herself to ensure she will only fall in love with a man who possesses certain impossible traits, with the goal that she will never fall in love. Meanwhile Gillian, witnessing the same incident, cannot wait to fall in love. When the girls are teens, Gillian elopes with her boyfriend and leaves for Los Angeles. Before Gillian departs, she and Sally make a blood spell to always be faithful to one another. My thoughts: I found Magic Lessons to be both lyrical and stunning. I had never read about the Salem witch trials before, and I don’t read much from that time period, so it really intrigued and immersed me. While this series is about love at its core, I found this book to be very much about mothers and daughters too.

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As they both grow older, Sally foregoes magic entirely, or tries to. She seeks out a normal life. The well-meaning aunts give her a magical nudge, however. Sally meets and marries a young man named Michael, and they have two daughters together. For the first time, she feels a normal life is attainable, and becomes part of the town community that had once shunned her for being a witch. Gillian drifts across the country, eventually meeting and falling for a violent creep named Jimmy Angelov. Both sisters hit a rough patch when Michael is killed — another victim of the curse — and Sally falls into a deep depression. Meanwhile, Jimmy isn't quite the angel he's pretended to be.Scenery Porn: Combined with Big Fancy House. The Owen women live in a gorgeous Victorian house near the water. But, Jet is not the only one in danger. A frantic attempt to save a young man’s life causes three generations of Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to attempt to break the Owens family curse as they travel from Paris to London to the English countryside, where their ancestor Maria Owens first practiced their “Unnamed Art.”