The Good Witch's Charm (2012)
Good Witch Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) is back to her bewitching ways, but this time she’s also juggling a newborn daughter and her job as town Mayor. With such a busy schedule she and her husband, town sheriff Jake Russell (Chris Potter), aren’t getting much sleep. Hoping for a break, Cassie plans a much needed vacation with her new family. But things go awry when a crime wave sweeps through town and an investigative reporter (Geordie Johnson) tries to ruin Cassie’s image after a video of her magically disappearing turns up on the internet. To make matters worse, Cassie’s estranged foster mother (Janet-Laine Green) appears in town and Cassie’s stepdaughter (Hannah Endicott-Douglas) is suddenly accused of the recent robberies. Supported by her loyal family and friends, Cassie must rely on her signature charm to put a stop to the rumors before they completely destroy the town, and a Good Witch’s reputation!
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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
The Good Witch's saving grace was it's charm, sadly it seems to have worn thin.The Hallmark novelty seems to have waned as this 5th movie simply doesn't have "It" Thats not to say this is bad, it's just so generic and so predictable that it felt like I'd seen it already.When the franchise began I was thoroughly onboard but now, now I'm bored so very very bored.The Good: Still sweet in that sickly way The Bad: Seen it all beforeThings I Learnt From This Movie: Leaving babies alone outdoors is absolutely fine and supported by mothers worldwide If someone drags your families name through the dirt and damages their lives your first response should be to sleep with them
Although not the best in the series it was a vast improvement on the last one, The Good Witch's Family. The series seems to have rebuilt some of the magic that seemed to be lost. At the end of the movie I found myself wanting more which can only be a good sign.In this instalment the characters seem to be facing their usual trials but that doesn't stop them from keeping a good attitude. Baby Grace was also an adorable addition and I can't wait to see the value she adds now that Lori and Brandon are almost all grown.If I had to make one improvement I would develop some of the supporting cast and create a few more movie regulars. The cast is too small and don't build a dynamic story. But aside from that I cannot wait to get to the TV series. It may be the boost this franchise needs.
The fifth Good Witch movie has Cassie, now the mayor of Middleton, dealing with a crime wave as well as taking care of her new baby. She finds time to dish out advice and (possibly magic) help to her friends and family. Grandpa George is back, which is nice. He was missed in the last one. Brandon is mostly absent this time, save for a few brief appearances to let us know he's at school. The formula of the series is intact with two outsiders coming to town and causing problems for our heroine before the wise-beyond-her-years Cassie sets them on the right path. One is a reporter with no ethics (an oxymoron, I know) and the other is Cassie's foster mother, who looks a little like Veronica Cartwright. The foster mother's speech about how Cassie raised Lori is odd considering the girl was (almost?) a teen before Cassie married her dad and, earlier in this very movie, Cassie had praised Lori's birth mother as having done a good job raising her. Fun sequel in a fun series. Martha is particularly entertaining this time around.
Catherine Bell returns as Cassie Nightingale in the fifth Hallmark TV movie in the series that began with 2008's THE GOOD WITCH. Each has premiered in time for Halloween and, as I write, the sixth is slated in for 2013. Catherine Bell continues to play her in a charming, low-key manner as someone who never does anything clearly magical, even if Chris Potter, playing her husband, can go to the baby's room and find his wife already in the kitchen with their child.The small, workaday problems continue as her foster mother shows up in town and an Internet newsman follows up a story which shows Cassie as a confidence artist. Her stepdaughter is trying to fit in with the cool kids at school, her husband is overworked by a crime wave, her father-in-law is feeling old and useless -- well, ordinary problems like those. Miss Bell smiles her way through the issues and by the end of the movie everything is sorted out. The actors are all more than competent, but are not aided by a script in which plot points are over-explained; the father-in-law is told that a man who has just died was his best friend.Miss Bell continues to carry the series and this one is a pleasant time-waster. However, it would be nice if she got some help from the script writer.