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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

TV Movie · Fantasy · Family · 1996

A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.

Movie details

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

“Do homework, buy prom dress, learn how to fly.”

1996 TV Movie · Fantasy · Family 1h 31m

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tibor Takács

Written by

Nick Bakay · Kathryn Wallack · Barney Cohen · Nicholas Factor

Melissa Joan Hart

Melissa Joan Hart

Sabrina Sawyer

Sherry Miller

Sherry Miller

Aunt Hilda

Charlene Fernetz

Charlene Fernetz

Aunt Zelda

Michelle Beaudoin

Michelle Beaudoin

Marnie Littlefield

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

Seth

Tobias Mehler

Tobias Mehler

Harvey

Lalainia Lindbjerg

Lalainia Lindbjerg

Katy Lemore

Court is in session

Put Sabrina the Teenage Witch on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.