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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.
Oh, it was the revenge angle, for sure! I can't imagine Sheila being genuinely in love with ANYONE. If Samantha hadn't come along, she probably would've tired of Darrin and dumped HIM.
Think of the pilot. Sheila was was off gallivanting somewhere during the time Darrin met, romanced and married Sam.
It's the visiting couple I think are so funny ("she always gets this way when she's had a few too many").
Also some nice shots of the angel upstairs.
Overlong, overwrought, overblown and the acting is very uneven. All atmosphere and nothing more.
It's HORRIBLE! So incredibly shallow, so silly at times, it looks like something out of a bad TV show, like "Falcon Crest."
Thank GOD I washed the taste of this turkey out of my system by seeing "A Complete Unknown" the following day. Great film, with great performances.
No, I don't like the movie period. But yes, the diabetes-inducing songs don't help.
Look, isn't the first one bad enough???
"You can call me Nick if you're cool, okay?" How about Cousin It instead?
Astor went into rehab for alcohol several times in her life, including 1949, just after this film was released.
Incidentally, she HATED doing "Little Women" shortly after this, and made no attempts to hide her disdain of both her co-stars and the material.
Can't blame him. He was pretty macho and handsome. Had he been outed as "homosexual" back in the day, it would've destroyed his career.
When people 40 and over can't find an adult film because of constant Marvel franchises, I'd wager "dumbness" in public taste has plenty to do with it. Studio execs are making movies that bring in billions as a result. Pathetic.