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What's with the poor rating?


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I saw this movie last night and it's not nearly as bad as people are giving it credit for. I admit, some scenes were a bit stupid but come on! It could have been a lot worse. What's so bad about it? It deserves at least a bit more than 4.9!

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Yes it is. In no way does it possibly live up to the standard of the original TV show. It's just someone's idea to rip off the original and get money out of people expecting it to be as good, when it's a crap movie. A total waste of time, to even consider watching more than once. In fact, I actually fell asleep during it.



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In no way does it possibly live up to the standard of the original TV show.


Well, that's not an issue with me, since I've never watched the original TV show!
I thought it was an okay movie. It wasn't a totally amazing movie, but I didn't think it was as bad as people keep saying.

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If you don't know the series, your opinion of a movie supposedly based on the series is irrelevant

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I love it.

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I totally agree, this is a really good movie!

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This is not even a remake. It is a story revolving around the Bewitched story

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This movie blows.


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You need to see more movies

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The film lacked little to no wit or humor, both of which were elements of the original TV show and were meant to be a part of this film. Will Ferrell drags the film down the gutter with his horrendous comedic acting non talent. Lines like, "Isabel Bigelow: Guess what? I'm a witch! Jack Wyatt: Guess what? I'm a Clippers fan!" dragged the film down even further as being unfunny, unwitty, and delivered without the attempt to be either funny or witty.

Now, I admit that I am bias against Ferrell who, in my opinion, is amongst the worst professional actors of the 21St century. Films like Elf, Blades of glory, and Land of the lost were epic failures, in my opinion, based on poor written material and Will Ferrell being in them. I know he has fans and I know there are those who will say those films were good and perhaps they are to people who appreciate dumbed down, loud, and pointless humor done by an offish buffoon. Personally, I don't mind stupid humor if it can be done with some wit. He lacks that.

The only thing that sold me on seeing this film was Nicole Kidman who, in my opinion, is one of the best actresses of the 20Th/21St centuries. While she has been in several badly written parts and poorly preformed films, she still manages to pull it off doing the best with what she has.

This film could have been redeemable if Will Ferrell's part had been done by a comic with wit and much of the lines in it were replaced with something actually funny or, at the very least, witty.

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Indeed, it's not deserving of a 4.9.

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it does deserve more than its current low rating, n ot that its a great movie but it has its charms.


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It's not funny.
And it has nothing to do with beloved hit series

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Yeah, it deserves a lot better than a 4.8. For me, this is a funny and enjoyable film. I rated it a 7/10.

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