I love Nicole Kidman.  And this movie is the perfect reason to do so.  She plays a perfect Samantha.  Will Farrell plays Darrin.  Eh.  Will Farrell.  So much like Darrin no one cares.  Best summed up by the line, "They changed Darrins, and no one noticed!"

Isabel is a witch that has decided to live a perfectly normal life... by giving up witchcraft.  This is easier said than done, as anyone that has tried to do that can tell you.  Her father is critical about the whole idea; I mean really.  Who would want to give up witchcraft?

She runs across Jack Wyatt.  A never-was movie actor whose last big screen film cost $140 million to make and grossed only $1.2 Million.  That's what he gets for filming the movie in black-and-white and with that wardrobe department.  The fact that he's a overly egotistical jerk ("Make me 20 cappuccinos and bring me the best one.") is beside the point.

Jack is trying to redeem himself... well, it's the only acting job he could get... as being cast as Darrin in a remake series of the original Bewitched television show.  He demands that they retool the show to make it central on the Darrin character and take away all lines and parts that Samantha has.

When Jack sees Isabel wiggle her nose in a bookstore, he falls in love with the wiggle.  The fact that she's an unknown and won't overshadow his character is a huge plus.  He begs for her to play the part of Samantha -- a witch that gives up witchcraft to live and love her mortal husband, just as Isabel is trying to do.

Jack keeps being a jerk until Isabel can't stand it anymore and the magic starts flying.



Isabel:  It's like rich guys that don't really know why those women sleep with them.
Father:  But they sleep with them, so there's not really a problem.

Jack:  I've worked my ass off to the bone.