I love this movie. It's cute and fun and also a little silly. Catherine Bell plays Cassie, the good witch. Very early in the movie, the townsfolk talk about Grey House, a mansion that is supposedly haunted. Two kids are chased by a dog and end up in the yard. Cassie calms the dog and tells him to run off and be good. The kids are amazed. The little girl hurts her knee, so Cassie uses "healing herbs" to heal it. So Cassie talks to dogs, uses healing herbs, has a cauldron on the stove, offers the kids gingerbread, and has a black cat named Isis. But when the broom falls out of the closet, it's the last bit of the puzzle. Cassie has to be a witch! Of course, we know this from the synopsis.
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I think the reason this movie appeals to me so much, besides the fact that I love witchy things, is that it is magic realism, as opposed to fantasy. Now don't get me wrong, I love Harry Potter, but as a pagan it's nice to see the real world with just a touch of magic. There are definitely some silly parts in here. Some ridiculously obvious "she's a witch" moments and many *eyeroll* moments. But I do recommend catching this movie if you get the chance. It's not rated, but family friendly.
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The Good Witch's Garden is the sequel and comes on tomorrow night. I'll post a review then. Looks like the third movie will be out later this year.
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Jake Russell, the friendly police chief in a town so small, initially worries about outsider heiress, Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale, who moved into the house held to be haunted by the "grey lady", and opens a weird shop full of attributes of occultism, soon causing the rumor that she's a wicked witch. After Cassie kindly helps his brave son, Brandon (and his sister Lori), with a dog, bully Kyle - abused by his own dad - and his own fears, Jake soon makes friends with her, even romantically interested. Yet the 'chief' is professionally obliged to handle a flood of complaints and harassment started by the mayor's mean wife, her busy-bodies bunch and teenage brats. Finally Derek Sanders, Jake's only deputy, hits on Cassie's hidden background.
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