Practical Magic 2 cast a spell on me from the very first scene, and I’m not the least bit sorry about it. Twenty-eight years is a long time to hold a candle for a movie, but I’ve kept mine lit — I’ve burned through the original probably twenty times — and getting to sit down with the Owens sisters again felt like coming home to a house that still smells like lavender and trouble.
The biggest gift they could’ve given fans: everyone came back. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman slide right back into Sally and Gillian like no time passed at all, and Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing as the aunts still have that “we’ve buried a body or two and lived to tell about it” energy. Watching them together again was like curling up under a warm blanket on a cold night — safe, familiar, exactly where I wanted to be.
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Now for the new blood. Joey King plays Kylie, Sally’s daughter, and I about lost it when I placed her — I’ve watched this girl grow up on screen since she was little Ramona in Ramona and Beezus, and now here she is, grown, curious, and clearly born to carry a broom. She nailed it. If she’s the future of this franchise, sign me up for the next twenty-five years.
This one’s a tearjerker, no question. There’s a thread running through it about reckoning with the past while trying to build something new, and I had to blink back tears more than once. They didn’t just reheat the old spell — they let the curse grow up right alongside the characters, and that’s exactly what a good sequel should do.
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A witch never reveals all her secrets, and neither will I, so I won’t spoil where this one goes. But if you loved the first one, light a candle, pour yourself something with a little bite to it, and go see this.
Grade: A
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There are no extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Practical Magic 2.
| Rated: | (PG-13) |
| Genres: | Romance, Fantasy, Comedy |
| USA release date: | 2026-09-11 |
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| Director: | Susanne Bier |
| Writer(s): | Akiva Goldsman, Georgia Pritchett |
| Language: | en |
| Country: | US |
Plot
The Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all.
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