Is Practical Magic actually good?

Practical Magic sits in the 30.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 30.5% of them.

How does Practical Magic compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, Practical Magic lands in the 28.1% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Practical Magic's score based on?

202 calibrated reviewers stand behind Practical Magic's score.

1998

global pct

30.5

Film · 1998 · Films · 1990s

Practical Magic

Name: Practical Magic
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1998

Scored from 202 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

30.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

28.1%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

13.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

202 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Two witch sisters from a family cursed so that any man they love is doomed to die struggle to lead normal lives in their New England town. When one sister's abusive boyfriend turns up dead, the pair must cover their tracks while a sheriff investigates and a darker supernatural force begins to threaten their family.

Practical Magic is a 1998 comedy, drama and fantasy film.

Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 4,081 1990s films, not against the whole corpus. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 4,489 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 202 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 213 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Practical Magic (1998) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 202
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1990s

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