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100 percent agree. I've managed to avoid the awful film for twenty-plus years, but foolishly streamed it last night. It is an overtly uninvolving mess of a one-note character, surrounded by too many other obnoxious characters, who are neither amusing nor touching. It is also waaay too long at two poorly-paced hours.
I must agree, it is astonishingly overrated. Neither character is particularly compelling, and the overly talky script is loaded with dull and inane dialogue. Truly, would anyone care about these two if they met at a beach in Southern California? Only the locale and the Cinematography stand out.
The worst episode of the entire series (even worse than the awful Don Rickles two-parter).
Apparently not. And it's pretty much made clear in the September 7th, 1967 ep that she will serve for a year. The next time she's called to appear before the "noble eight", is a little more than a year later in "It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House."
Anyway, the council always scrutinized Samantha for her mortal marriage.
Samantha had an outwardly warmer relationship with her father because Maurice, for the most part, left Sam and Darrin alone. He had an outside life, devoted to the theater. His life was barely disrupted by the marriage, as he rarely visited his daughter. Endora, on the other hand, lost hundreds of years socializing with her daughter, so her constant interruptions forced Samantha to create - or at least attempt to create - more boundaries. "Mother" indeed.
Not a huge fave of mine. It doesn't help that Erin Murphy and (especially) the too-big-for-the-role guest actress couldn't. Act, that is.
Sam wanted to take Tabitha trick or treating, like other kids. But she still emphasized that witches don't have pointed hats, long hook noses and warts on their chins.
As for Endora, she wanted to turn a Halloween party into a stylish, cool affair. And NO crones on brooms. Don't see much of a switch, as Sam and Endoras's feelings remained consistent on the subject.
Irene Vernon was a much better actor, albeit colder in the role. Look how great Vernon is in, say, "My Grandson, the Warlock." Played comedy so well (think the martini: "Hit me again, Larry"). Kasey Rogers was lovely in small scenes, but the minute she starts with the tears ...awful ("Samantha Loses Her Voice").
I saw it today and it was so overheated campy. Hathaway and Chastain chewed the scenery, while the actors who played their husbands portrayed their roles with realism and restraint. Quite a contrast.
Yes, the script is terrible.
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