Sabrina the Teenage Witch

4/7/19961h 31m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Do homework, buy prom dress, learn how to fly. ~

Overview:

A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.

Director:

Tibor Takács

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

witch
high school
magic
birthday
aunt niece relationship
based on comic
magical object
talking cat
magic spell
magic potion

Cast

Melissa Joan Hart

~ as ~

Sabrina Sawyer

Sherry Miller

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Aunt Hilda

Charlene Fernetz

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Aunt Zelda

Michelle Beaudoin

~ as ~

Marnie Littlefield

Ryan Reynolds

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Seth

Tobias Mehler

~ as ~

Harvey

Lalainia Lindbjerg

~ as ~

Katy Lemore

Laura Harris

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Freddie

Kea Wong

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Fran

Jo Bates

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Coach

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 6 year(s) ago
6
Sabrina goes to a new high school where she learns she’s a witch

Released to TV in spring 1996, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” was the pilot movie for the series that ran for seven years from 1996-2003. The plot revolves around Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) having to move from Massachusetts to live with her two eccentric aunts in Rockland County, New York, where she starts attending Riverdale High, becomes besties with Marnie (Michelle Beaudoin) and contends with requisite mean girl, Katy Lemore (Lalainia Lindbjerg). After her 16th birthday, Sabrina learns she’s a witch and grapples with the morality of having powers other mortals don’t.

The tone of the production is decidedly pedestrian in a mid-90’s TV manner, but the cast brightens things up with their energy and a decent script. (It was amusing to learn why Salem can talk and other cats can’t). I’ve probably watched a dozen episodes of the subsequent series and the main draw was always Melissa’s winsomeness. She was 19 years-old when this pilot was shot and just got more beautiful over the course of the series. For those interested, Ryan Reynolds has a significant role; he was 18-19 during filming.

The movie runs 1 hour, 31 minutes and was shot in British Columbia with some establishing shots done in Brookline, Massachusetts (or so IMDb says).

GRADE: B-