The Witches of Eastwick1987
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
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Cast
as Daryl Van Horne
as Alexandra Medford
as Jane Spofford
as Sukie Ridgemont
as Felicia Alden
as Clyde Alden

as Walter Neff
as Fidel

as Mrs. Biddle

as Carol Medford

as Mrs. Neff

as Ridgemont Child

as Mrs. Biddle's Friend

as Cashier

as Nurse

as Deli Counterman

as Ice-Cream Counterman

as Woman at Market

as Minister

as Doctor

as Woman at Market

as Doctor
as Lenoi School Band (cymbals)
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Critic Reviews for The Witches of Eastwick
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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.
Unbelievably entertaining.
Despite its playful title, The Witches of Eastwick is a decidedly adult affair and a seasonal curiosity.
This is a remarkably faithful rendition on film of a most diverting novel showing that, in the right hands, movies can achieve all the delights of literate entertainment.
Updike's long, deadly-dull misogynist tract is transformed into an entertaining, generally misandrist film.
Nothing is developed -- except the performers' egos.
Audience Reviews for The Witches of Eastwick
Way ahead of its time, this film is so naughty, non-pc and bold in its feminism and criticism of conservatism you're sometimes wondering if you heard correctly. Nicholson probably never had more fun being as devilish as possible, but he ultimately finds his master in three strong women. The cherry stone scene is outrageous and the showdown pretty damn crazy too. Highly amusing and has aged pretty decently! Made me fall in love with Michelle Pfeiffer all over again.
Super Reviewer
2018 rewatch. Has not aged too well. Still enjoyable
Super Reviewer
Three headstrong single women in idyllic Eastwick wish for their dream beaux, and a devilish new stranger comes to town to seduce them in turn. Cher, Sarandon, and Pfeiffer are brassy, sensual, and sweet, respectively, and Jack Nicholson is the epitome of the diabolical wag. Daryl van Horne spouts some base misogyny, which has the potential to be clever and satirical if only there were some wink at the audience. The trio of women gets their revenge through sorcery, but they still raise Daryl's lovechildren and treat him as merely an exasperating, absentee father rather than quashing his sacrilegious doctrine, defeating him for good, or at least spurning him for the Satan proxy he is. Upon learning that this movie was adapted from a novel by John Updike, a writer I admire, I expected the hijinx to lead to something deeper. Is Daryl a Satan proxy or a God proxy? Daryl rants about how he gave the girls everything, and then when they forsake him, he will seek retribution. Isn't that the depiction of a vengeful and wrathful God? Is the satire on how often godliness and wickedness coincide? Well, apparently the original novel was intended as a feminist manifesto (even though the women are represented as actual witches), but there isn't much in the way of theological commentary, so I don't know what to make of book or film.
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