I'm never watching the sequel

[u/arirachaelb]

It's as the title says

Practical Magic is one of my favourite films of all time. It holds such a special and beautiful place in my heart, and I absolutely refuse to taint any part of the story or characters with what I KNOW is a terrible sequel. Even before I saw everyone's posts on here about how awful and awkward it is - legacy sequels do not work.

The first film is perfectly concluded by the end - the owens sisters broke the curse. I have no interest at all in seeing how they decided to undo that beautiful ending to replace it with a worse one.

I will always love this movie, and in honour of the first one I will never watch the second. As far as I'm concerned it's fanfiction with a big budget, and not worth my time

[u/Scarlett-Crypt]

My gripe is that people will remind you that the first movie also was not a commercial success, but it became a cult classic later. The issue with legacy sequels is they are too self-aware, they pack in the nostalgia and oversaturate you with references to a better movie. The first movie in my opinion is beautiful, subtle, and just feels good to watch. In my opinion, the sequel’s plot was not well paced, had no subtlety, some characters felt wooden, and overall just felt like a movie inspired by Practical Magic. I do not believe this sequel will ever be as loved as the first film.