Practical Magic 2 explores the Owens family curse

The film Practical Magic 2, directed by Susanne Bier and based on Alice Hoffman’s novel The Book of Magic, serves as a sequel to the 1998 original. The story follows the Owens family, a lineage of women subject to a curse that causes them to lose their romantic interests to premature death.

In this installment, Sally Owens, played by Sandra Bullock, is depicted as a widow following the death of her husband, Gary. The film features Sally’s grown daughters, Antonia (Maisie Williams) and Kylie (Joey King). Critics have noted that the sequel follows a recent trend in romantic comedies where established male leads from previous installments are killed off at the start of the story to facilitate new romantic plotlines for the protagonists.