The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Release date: 1987-06-12
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: George Miller
Production Co: Warner Bros., The Guber-Peters Company, Kennedy Miller Productions
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 58min

Storyline

All three previously married but now single, best friends sculptress Alex Medford, cellist Jane Spofford and writer Sukie Ridgemont are feeling emotionally and sexually repressed, in large part due to the traditional mores overriding their small New England coastal town of Eastwick. After their latest conversation lamenting about the lack of suitable men in Eastwick and describing the qualities they are looking for in a man, mysterious Daryl Van Horne and his equally mysterious butler Fidel arrive in town. Despite being vulgar, crude, brazen and not particularly handsome, Daryl manages to be able to tap into the innermost emotions of the three friends, and as such manages to seduce each. In turn, the three women blossom emotionally and sexually. After an incident involving one of the town's leading citizens, the ultra conservative Felicia Alden, the three women begin to understand how and why Daryl is able to mesmerize them so fully. The three decide to experiment with some powers ...

Plot Keywords

journalism, bicycling, broken leg, choir, graduation, magic spell, music teacher, bicycle, sexual harassment, single mother, single parent, snake, snoring, black comedy, battle of the sexes, friendship, promiscuity, small town, string quartet, falling down stairs

Short Review

There are some moments in The Witches of Eastwick that stretch uncomfortably for effects, and yet a lot of the time this movie plays like a plausible story about implausible people. The performances sell it.