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Film Review: *Magic Hour 2* Ought to Have Stayed True to the Original Spellbook

Film Review: *Magic Hour 2* Ought to Have Stayed True to the Original Spellbook

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September 11th, 2026

Film Review: *Magic Hour 2* Ought to Have Stayed True to the Original Spellbook

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It took nearly three decades after the original film's release, having met with failure, before a sequel could be granted the green light; bringing that about, one suspects, required no small measure of magic.

在原版電影上映後鎩羽而歸幾近三十載,續集方能獲准開拍,箇中恐需仰賴些許魔法方能成事。

In 1998's Practical Magic, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman portrayed the witches of the Owens family, and the film ultimately metamorphosed into a cult classic, finding its own niche through its release on home video and, subsequently, the amplifying momentum of streaming and social media.

1998年的《魔法時刻》珊卓·布拉克妮可·基嫚詮釋歐文斯家族的女巫最終蛻變為一部邪典經典藉由家庭錄影帶的發行,以及其後串流媒體社群媒體的推波助瀾覓得了自身的定位

Consequently, twenty-eight years on, the entire original cast has returned, the midnight margaritas make their reappearance, and even the iconic Massachusetts seaside house at the heart of the first film has been rebuilt for the ultimate nostalgic effect.

因此時隔二十八載原班主演悉數回歸午夜瑪格麗特酒再度登場甚至連首部電影核心中那座標誌性的麻薩諸塞州海濱住宅亦為終極懷舊效果而重建

Enough time has elapsed since the original film's release that its nineties fashion aesthetic has, remarkably, come back into vogue.

距原版電影問世已逾足夠漫長的歲月以至於其九十年代的服裝風格竟再度蔚為風尚

Yet Practical Magic 2 dispenses with several of the elements that made the original so quintessential, not least the campy exuberance that lent it an unexpected second life.

然而,《魔法時刻2》捨棄了原版若干最為精髓的元素,其中不乏賦予其意外二次生命的那份誇張趣味。

The first film could be described as a fusion of "An Unquiet Grave" and "Halloweentown", yet its sequel sacrifices some of that whimsical inventiveness in favour of a more sombre, realistic tone that sits rather uneasily with the material.

首部電影堪稱《死不瞑目》《萬聖節小鎮》之融合其續集犧牲了部分奇思妙想轉而採用一種不甚契合、更趨寫實的陰森基調。

In the original, the pentagram was fashioned from whipped cream, whereas in the sequel it is rendered in flames.

於原版中五芒星以鮮奶油製成續集以火焰繪製

The story picks up shortly after the close of the 1998 film, as the Owens sisters witness the curse that has plagued their family of witches for generations manifesting itself once more.

故事緊接1998年電影落幕未幾歐文斯姐妹目睹糾纏女巫家族數代之詛咒再度應驗

Sally (played by Bullock) is widowed once again following the untimely death of her second husbandas is invariably the fate of any man who falls in love with an Owens woman.

莎莉布拉克飾第二任丈夫英年早逝再度孀居——愛上歐文斯家族女子之男子,莫不如此

She coerced her younger sister Gillian (played by Kidman), together with her aunts Jet and Frances (portrayed by Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing), into swearing a solemn vow never to divulge to her two young daughters the magical gifts and curse with which they were born, and to cast a spell that would obliterate from their minds any memory of their childhood as witches.

她脅迫妹妹吉莉安基嫚飾偕同阿姨潔特與法蘭妮黛安·韋斯特和斯托卡特·詹寧飾立誓絕不向其兩名稚女吐露她們與生俱來的魔法稟賦與詛咒並施法使她們忘卻女巫的童年歲月

In the blink of an eye, these young girls (embodied by the outstanding Joey King and a squandered Maisie Williams) have come of age and begun to take an interest in love, whereupon chaos inevitably ensues.

倏忽之間這些年輕女孩出色的喬伊·金和被浪費的麥茜·威廉斯飾已然長大成人對愛情萌生興趣混亂遂隨之而至

After her boyfriend Gideon (played by Xolo Maridueña) falls into a coma, Sally's daughter Kylie (played by King) takes on the mission of breaking the Owens family curse, thereby propelling a plot that is at times aimless.

莎莉之女凱莉金飾於其男友吉迪恩索洛·馬里達尼亞飾陷於昏迷後肩負解除歐文斯家族詛咒之使命從而推動了時而漫無目的之劇情

Sally and Gillian accompany her to England, striving to shield her from the depredations of dark magic.

莎莉與吉莉安隨其前往英國力圖護其免受黑魔法之侵害

It is precisely here that the original's energy, interweaving the macabre with the playful, has been supplanted by a tone that is all the more grim and horrifying.

正是在此處原版那陰森與俏皮交織的能量被替換為更形陰森可怖的基調

Perhaps the accumulation of ever more outlandish elements is an inevitable consequence of a major studio releasing the film during an ever-expanding Halloween season.

或許更多怪異元素的堆砌,乃是大型製片廠於不斷擴張的萬聖節檔期上映之必然結果

Yet what "Practical Magic 2" conspicuously lacks are precisely those moments of sheer, delightful funsuch as Bullock demanding that the PTA mothers form a coven, or Kidman instructing the neighbours to keep a close watch on their husbands while she is away in the cityand it is these very moments that rendered the original film's darker passages so much more palatable.

然而《魔法時刻2》所匱乏的正是那些純粹饒富趣味的時刻——諸如布拉克要求家長會媽媽們組成女巫團,抑或基嫚囑咐鄰居們在她回城期間看管好自己的丈夫——正是這些時刻令原版電影中較為陰暗的片段更易於為人所接受

Even so, the film still contains no shortage of captivating, tenderly nuanced moments, all of them driven by its forceful performances.

即便如此片中仍不乏引人入勝溫婉細膩的時刻皆由鏗鏘有力的演出所驅動。

Brack and Keaton deliver the comedic high points, while the emotional heft is borne with ease by Janney, West, and King.

布拉克與基嫚締造了喜劇的高潮情感之厚重,則由詹寧、韋斯特與金三人從容承載

Lee Pace portrays an elegant, charming scholar well versed in English witchcraft and magic; this man not only assists Sally and Gillian in rescuing Kylie, but also becomes the object of affection for Sally, who harbours a resistance to love.

李·佩斯所飾者乃一位風度翩翩深諳英國巫術與魔法之學者此人襄助莎莉與吉莉安營救凱莉亦同時成為對愛情心存抗拒之莎莉的傾慕對象

Yet the most resilient bond in the film is none other than the connection between Bullock and Kidmanwho are, off screen, the closest of friends.

然而電影中最堅韌的紐帶莫過於布拉克基嫚之間的連結——兩人在銀幕之外亦為摯友

It is precisely this friendship, together with each actress's prior collaborative history with the director Susanne Bier, that holds this overlong sequel together and keeps it from foundering.

正是這份情誼以及她們各自導演蘇珊娜·比爾的合作淵源方使這部篇幅冗長的續集得以維繫不墜

As with the original, the sequel likewise relies on a sweeping soundtrack and score to allow the narrative to move effortlessly between moments of levity and gloom.

一如原作續集同樣憑藉氣勢磅礴的原聲帶配樂使敘事得以輕鬆陰鬱的時刻之間自如游移

Fear notStevie Nicks has returned; Harry Nilsson's "Coconut" also makes its reappearance.

無須憂心——史蒂薇·妮克斯已然回歸哈利·尼爾森《椰子》再度登場

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, "Magic Hour 2" opens in theaters starting Thursday; in light of its containing a certain amount of violence, suggestive material, and brief coarse language, the Motion Picture Association of America has accordingly rated it PG-13.

《魔法時刻2》由華納兄弟影業發行自週四起於影院上映有鑑於其含有若干暴力內容暗示性素材及簡短粗口美國電影協會將其評定為PG-13級

The running time is 130 minutes.

片長130分鐘

It garners a mere two stars out of four.

四顆星中僅獲兩顆星

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