In the traditional and conservative Eastwick, the sculptress Alexandra Medford (Cher),the shy musician and teacher Jane Spofford (Susan Sarandon) and the journalist Sukie Ridgemont (Michelle Pfeiffer) are best friends. Alexandra is a widow; Jane is divorced since she can not have a child; and Sukie is divorced because she frequently gets pregnant and has five children. They are sexually repressed and one night, they describe the characteristics of their ideal man while drinking. There is a storm on the town and the mysterious Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson) appears in town and buy a notorious mansion. NJobody can recall his name, but he seduces the three friends. Meanwhile the pious Felicia Alden (Veronica Cartwright),who is married with Sukie's boss Clyde Alden (Richard Jenkins),has a weird accident and feels that Daryl is the devil. When Felicia dies, Alexandra, Jane and Sukie realize that there is something strange about Daryl. But what can they do?

"The Witches of Eastwick" is a sexy and original film with a strange combination of horror and comedy. Jack Nicholson is comfortable performing another totally incorrect character. The sinful witches are represented by three gorgeous actresses. The special effects are great and responsible for funny scenes. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "As Bruxas de Eastwick" ("The Witches of Eastwick")

As I sat and watched "The Witched of Eastwick", I felt a very strong disconnect between my reaction to the movie and most of the other reviews I read on this site. A lot of people liked it...a lot. As for me, I liked parts of it (particularly the acting of Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher),but so much of it I absolutely hated. I hated all the vomiting (and WOW was there a lot of vomiting),the over-acting of Jack Nicholson (an actor I usually love) and the script...ouch, the script!!

The film is about three women in the New England town of Eastwick. A strange, devilish man, Daryl (Nicholson) arrives and buys a huge mansion. He then proceeds to seduce the three women and somehow imbue them with magical powers. In the process, there is the vomiting, the overacting and a film LESS subtle than a stripper showing up at a Baptist barbecue and proceeding to do her act! The film is just loud, abrasive and rather painful to watch. And, with such an expensive and high profile cast, coming up with a film this annoying is hard to imagine. There are some good elements to the movie, but they just get lost among the chaos...yes, chaos that is the film. The director certainly had a major part in all this. Had the film been funny and shown SOME restraint, it sure would have worked much better for me.

An interesting, very '80s supernatural comedy from MAD MAX director George Miller, a bit too outlandish and far-fetched even for my tastes, but one that works thanks to the talents of the cast involved. The three actresses are the stars and humanise the story, but the stand-out turn is from an extremely hammy Jack Nicholson, delivering an incredibly physical performance that even surpasses his mad turns in the likes of THE SHINING. Miller loves him, and so do we, the viewer. The humour is quirky and weird throughout, sometimes too bad taste for its own good (pity poor Veronica Cartwright),but the last half an hour is tremendous cartoon-like fun that benefits from great stunts, FX, mad acting and the presence of special effects man Rob Bottin.