90s Movie Review - The First Wives Club

Director: Hugh Wilson
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 103 minutes
Year: 1996
Starring: Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Dan Hedaya, Victor Garber, Stephen Collins, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stockard Channing, Elizabeth Berkley, Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Smith, Bronson Pinchot

Description: Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

Review: “The First Wives Club” is a revenge comedy, that is mostly fun because of their three leads Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler. They play three women who reunite after a college friend suddenly passed away. All three are recently divorced and their husbands left them for a younger woman. Together they seek justice.

The film has many funny moments Not very realistic, but enjoyable. Especially Hawn and Midler are really funny. The film does lack depth and the characters are all a bit superficial because of it.

A fun no-nonsense comedy, about gender struggles and independent women. Nothing spectacular.

Rating: 3/ 5

90s Movie Review - Practical magic

Director: Griffin Dunne
Genre: Drama/ Fantasy/ Comedy
Runtime: 104 minutes
Year: 1998
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Goran Visnjic, Aidan Quinn

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Description: Two witch sisters (Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman), raised by their eccentric aunts (Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest) in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them even finding lasting love.

Review: Two sisters from a witch’s family carry a curse with them: they can never finding lasting love. Gillian doesn’t care, Sally dies. Then fate strikes.

“Practical Magic” is a very popular film, especially during the fall time. And it’s a fun watch,  just not very memorable. I liked Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, and Dianne Wiest has a fun supporting role. This makes it worth watching. Otherwise, this would be a film nobody would even care for.

Rating: 3/ 5