Movie Review - "The Witches of Eastwick" 06/12/87

This is a movie review for "The Witches of Eastwick", released June 12, 1987. Watched this on VHS tape.





Trailer:

Cast:
Jack Nicholson ("Anger Management" (2003) Dr. Buddy Rydell, "The Shining" (1980) Jack Torrance) -    Daryl Van Horne
Cher  (Singer and actress; "Burlesque" (2010) Tess, "Moonstruck" (1987) Loretta Castorini)   -      Alexandra Medford
Susan Sarandon ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) Janet Weiss - A Heroine, "James and the Giant Peach" (1996) Spider (voice)) -     Jane Spofford
Michelle Pfeiffer ("Stardust" (2007) Lamia, "What Lies Beneath" (2000) Claire Spencer)  -         Sukie Ridgemont
Veronica Cartwright ("The Birds" (1963) Cathy Brenner, "Alien" (1979) Lambert) -         Felicia Alden




Plot:
Three unwed women, two of them with children, are best friends and live in the little town of Eastwick. They regularly get together every Thursday night, without children, to spend time and chat. One Thursday after Jane's divorce goes through, they sit down together and start talking about men. Men aren't the "end all", they decide, but they all want a good man in their lives. They focus on the man's features and describe exactly what they want in a man - intelligent and listens, wonderful eyes, average male genitalia, etc. The next day, a man with all of these features appears in town, purchasing a deserted mansion [known for witch burnings] and introduces himself to the three. However, though the women have found their man, the town of Eastwick start becoming suspicious and hostile towards them {thanks to the help of the newspaper owner Felicia Alden}. What are the three women, with witchcraft powers growing daily, going to do with their lives? Should they take the old boring lives in the small town, or stick to their new lives?





Criteria:
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.



4/5 - Nicholson does an amazing job in this movie, as well as all of the three main ladies. Nicholson was the perfect candidate for the part, I believe: a little bit of crazy, demented and charming, just like Nicholson is known for.

The women are wonderful characters and grow personally, though they do not change much outwardly appearances. They all change from a shy and beaten woman to a self-assured woman, though the means were not necessarily the best.

If you like comedies and how Nicholson acts, this is a good movie! There were more things in the movie that could have been defined more or done differently, so that's why I knock the score down. Definitely not a movie for all (because of orgy and sexual references, magic/witchcraft references, and supernatural references), but an okay watch.