I Married a Witch

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I Married a Witch

Released Oct 30, 1942

1h 16m

Fantasy

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Just as she is about to be burned at the stake for witchcraft, 17th century witch Jennifer (Veronica Lake) casts a curse on the family of her accuser, dooming all the men of future generations to marry the wrong women. Freed from her ethereal prison some 250 years later, Jennifer decides to make the most recent descendant of her accuser (Fredric March) even more miserable by using a love potion on him that makes him fall in love with her, a plan that has unexpected results.

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Carries some interest on the novelty angles, if nothing else, but on the whole is generally tepid.

Mar 26, 2009

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

I Married A Witch is spiritualism in a vein of knockabout farce. It is more oh-boy than occult. But its humor is Clair enough.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 25, 2006

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Lake is delightfully effective as the malicious woman, whose ideas of punishment are often beautifully absurd, and March provides an excellent foil.

Feb 9, 2006

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

"I Married A Witch" is a high concept movie, especially for 1942. The picture carries a Frenchness in its lighthearted attitudes regarding relations between men and the women who enchant them.

Rated: FIVE STARS

Oct 12, 2024

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Sean Axmaker

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... René Clair’s sexy ghost story by way of a cockeyed American romantic comedy is a delightful and deftly made little trifle

Oct 29, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It's no masterpiece, but the film features plenty of bubbly romance, playful magic, bungled witchcraft, and light singing.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 5, 2020

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Thom G

While I Married a Witch belongs to another era, if you set aside your preconceptions and allow yourself to immerse in its world, you may find it to be one of the sweetest, innocently pure, and tender love stories, offering a delicate, entertaining, simple, but touching escape.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/24

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Alec B

For a non-musical studio comedy of the era, there is a lot more emphasis on the visual style than you might expect, which is essential given the fact that certain characters spend a good portion of the movie as wisps of smoke.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/24

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Mike F

Absolutely loved everything about this picture. The witch portrayed by Veronica Lake is beautiful and hilarious. The funniest movie I have found from this era.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

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Bob W

A near perfect supernatural spin on the classic screwball farce delivered with frothy style by Rene Clair. Veronica Lake at her absolute finest as the simultaneous bubble-head and brilliant immorta. and the great Frederic March doesn't do so badly himself. Only 77 minutes! No doubt the primary inspiration for the original "Bewitched" TV series.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely hilarious great show. Yes you need to watch it. James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas May 24, 2023.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/24/23

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john g

surprisingly good. March is always an excellent actor, and Lake (and her dad) are great - possibly her next best movie after Sullivan's Travels

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Just as she is about to be burned at the stake for witchcraft, 17th century witch Jennifer (Veronica Lake) casts a curse on the family of her accuser, dooming all the men of future generations to marry the wrong women. Freed from her ethereal prison some 250 years later, Jennifer decides to make the most recent descendant of her accuser (Fredric March) even more miserable by using a love potion on him that makes him fall in love with her, a plan that has unexpected results.

Director: René Clair
Producer: Preston Sturges, René Clair
Screenwriter: Robert Pirosh, Marc Connelly
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Paramount, United Artists
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 1942, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2016
Runtime: 1h 16m

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