6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Romance, Fantasy, Comedy • 2026 • 130 min • Teen (13+)
Practical Magic 2 (2026)
Practical Magic 2 (2026)
Overview
Practical Magic 2 returns the Owens sisters to their ancestral curse, with Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, and Stockard Channing reprising roles built around family magic, sisterhood, and generational resilience. The Leans Traditional label fits the franchise's DNA. At its center is a matriarchal family defined by blood loyalty, inherited identity, and the weight of ancestral legacy. Romance exists, but the real emotional engine is the bonds between women across generations. There are no LGBTQ or political storylines pulling the story in a progressive direction. The family structure is unconventional in form but deeply rooted in continuity, heritage, and the idea that you cannot outrun where you come from.
Starring Cast
Sandra Bullock • Dianne Wiest • Stockard Channing
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.4
Overview
Practical Magic 2 returns the Owens sisters to their ancestral curse, with Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, and Stockard Channing reprising roles built around family magic, sisterhood, and generational resilience. The Leans Traditional label fits the franchise's DNA. At its center is a matriarchal family defined by blood loyalty, inherited identity, and the weight of ancestral legacy. Romance exists, but the real emotional engine is the bonds between women across generations. There are no LGBTQ or political storylines pulling the story in a progressive direction. The family structure is unconventional in form but deeply rooted in continuity, heritage, and the idea that you cannot outrun where you come from.
Starring Cast
Sandra Bullock • Dianne Wiest • Stockard Channing
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Low
Practical Magic 2 follows the Owens sisters as they confront a generational curse through ancestral magic and family resolve in a story centered on personal heritage and supernatural bonds.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
Practical Magic 2 features an all-white principal cast of established actresses reprising roles centered on family legacy and sisterhood, with no evident racial recasting or narrative critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
Practical Magic 2 places multigenerational bonds among a family of women at the heart of its story, celebrating sisterhood, maternal lines, and acceptance of family heritage while depicting a matriarchal household shaped by divorce and a deliberate turn away from romance.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium
Practical Magic 2 centers its story on the Owens sisters and their heterosexual romances, family curses, and magical interventions, without introducing LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
Practical Magic 2 contains no transgender characters or themes. The story follows the Owens sisters as they confront family magic and personal challenges through familiar supernatural elements and relationships.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Practical Magic 2 continues the story of the Owens sisters and their aunts, with Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, and Stockard Channing reprising their original female roles from the first film.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
Practical Magic 2 retains the original film's core cast and character portrayals, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reprising their roles as the Owens sisters alongside Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest as the aunts. New additions such as Joey King and Maisie Williams continue the established family lineage without any shifts in racial depiction from prior canon.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: Low
Not depicted.
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