Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958) by Ruth S — 17 Mar 2009

I thought this movie was just okay. It just seemed rather boring and disjointed.

This review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958) was written by Ruth S on 17 Mar 2009.

Bell, Book and Candle has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Bell, Book and Candle

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Paul C (2,626) on 25 Feb 2010

Kim Novak plays a witch who casts a love spell on publisher James Stewart, but lo and behold they fall in love for real and she loses her magic…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Gergely K (144) on 15 Apr 2010

Enchanting comedy with a nice sense of whimsy. Jimmy and Kim are well matched and the supporting cast is perfect…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Jeffrey S (309) on 28 Jul 2017

Unusual romantic comedy that seems to draw on the fear of our young women becoming too powerful and independent for their own good…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Katie W (410) on 03 Jan 2011

I thought this movie was slow and silly, stupid silly and her voice makes me sleepy…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Richard I (201) on 28 Jul 2017

Unusual romantic comedy that seems to draw on the fear of our young women becoming too powerful and independent for their own good…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Bill T (1,098) on 14 Sep 2010

Perfect casting. James Stewart never did a bad movie. The plot was unpredictable, which was a good thing. So many really good scenes…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Michael A (1,637) on 19 Sep 2013

Witches have been a popular thing among Hollywood, most recently being the highly successful franchise that was Harry Potter…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Gregg D (110) on 19 Jun 2010

Apparently, Witches Are Just Funny This movie contains one of the bits of folklore about witches which has always bothered me…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Michael J (865) on 26 Apr 2012

Wonderfully Charming. A cute love story with lovable characters. A must see…

Read Review

Review of Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

By Kristine U (44) on 03 Apr 2010

One of my all time favourite romcoms. Delightful…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

By Rjk (2) on 09 Aug 2007

There were to many thing missing. It went from discussing about the DA and then into getting into it…

Read Review

Review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

By Jaredc. (130) on 28 Jul 2007

Really boring, it may have some use for the series, but doesn't do anything special. Chris Columbus just doesn't get it…

Read Review

Review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

By Davidc. (35) on 03 Dec 2005

Hail to the thief There is not a skant of originality to be found in this waifer thin super british film(why in films are the british so toffy…

Read Review

Review of Big Fish (2003)

By Jackshrack (1) on 02 Nov 2010

This was a fairly trite and predictable story in my view. A real dissapoint after watching Edward scissorhandy…

Read Review

Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)

By Samjam (2) on 19 Jun 2012

Harry Potter the movie was great! Yes the book was better, but isn't that always the way when there is a novel to film adaptation…

Read Review

Review of The Wizard of Oz (1939)

By Official (157) on 01 Jan 2014

Okay, considering that The Wizard of Oz was made in the 1930s, it was alright. In my opinion, this film is slightly overrated…

Read Review

Review of Life Is Beautiful (1997)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 16 Jan 2006

Benigni's movie made me want to throw up…

Read Review

Review of Critters (1986)

By Imthenoob (1,101) on 18 Apr 2019

The movie is only an hour and a half and yet it takes more than 30 minutes for the Critters to actually appear…

Read Review

Review of The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

By Broyax (884) on 16 Apr 2020

De temps en temps (même si ça reste heureusement assez rare…

Read Review

Review of Army of Darkness (1992)

By Panchogul (602) on 26 Mar 2020

No conforme con las primeras dos entregas que fueron del asco, llega esta tercera parte que es aún peor, una completa basura y perdida de tiempo…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Bell, Book and Candle

1958

66%135 Reviews

Derailed

2005

56%582 Reviews

Street Trash

1987

64%166 Reviews

In the Mouth of Madness

1995

68%583 Reviews

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

2003

29%351 Reviews

The Endless

2017

69%268 Reviews

After the Sunset

2004

58%495 Reviews

Ernest Saves Christmas

1988

49%297 Reviews

Trespass

2011

45%430 Reviews

Bananas

1971

68%367 Reviews