Synopsis
Three single women in a picturesque Rhode Island village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
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Cast
- Susan SarandonJane Spofford
- CherAlexandra Medford
- Michelle PfeifferSukie Ridgemont
- Jack NicholsonDaryl Van Horne
- Veronica CartwrightFelicia Alden
- Richard JenkinsClyde Alden
- Keith JochimWalter Neff
- Carel StruyckenFidel
- Helen Lloyd BreedMrs. Biddle
- Caroline StruzikCarol Medford
Recommendations
- 100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The Witches of Eastwick is an uproarious and entirely successful attempt to examine the differences between the sexes by couching the examination in mythological terms. [12 June 1987] - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
There are some moments in The Witches of Eastwick that stretch uncomfortably for effects - the movie's climax is overdone, for example - and yet a lot of the time this movie plays like a plausible story about implausible people. The performances sell it. And the eyebrows. - 88
Chicago Tribune
The Witches of Eastwick is filmmaking of a very high order; it's also a great time at the movies. - 80
Variety
With a no-holds-barred performance by Jack Nicholson as the horny Satan, it’s a very funny and irresistible set-up for anyone who has ever been baffled by the opposite sex. - 75
Washington Post
Hell's belles! Nicholson's back. And that old Jack magic has us in his spell. - 63
Miami Herald
The Witches of Eastwick is a diverting, impeccably polished and excellently cast movie. But its charms fade fast, about as fast as it takes to leave the theater. [12 June 1987, p.D1] - 60
Tampa Bay Times
The Witches of Eastwick is a theme park without a theme. Like Nicholson and his co-stars, Miller doesn't have a lot on his mind. He just wants to have fun. His movie is organized mayhem, a strange and funny tour de force. [15 June 1987, p.1D] - 50
The New York Times
The Witches of Eastwick does have enough flamboyance to hold the attention, directed as it has been by Mr. Miller in a bright, flashy, exclamatory style. But beneath the surface charm there is too much confusion, and the charm itself is gone long before the film is over.
