Movie · 1987 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 1h 58m · R · English
Curator score: 4.0/10 (196.3K ratings)
Three beautiful women. One lucky devil.
Overview
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.0/10
IMDb: 6.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.33/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 67%
Metacritic: 67
TMDB: 6.5/10
Director
George Miller
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Guber-Peters Company
Cast
Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Keith Jochim, Carel Struycken, Helen Lloyd Breed, Caroline Struzik, Michele Sincavage, Nicol Sincavage, Heather Coleman, Carolyn Ditmars, Cynthia Ditmars, Christine Ditmars, Craig Burket, Abraham Mishkind, Christopher Verrette, Becca Lish
Curator Review
Verdict
A glossy, mischievous adult fantasy with a wicked sense of humor and a surprisingly nasty streak. It’s best when it leans into the absurd chemistry between the three leads and Jack Nicholson’s unhinged charm, even if the tonal blend of satire, sex comedy, and horror can feel uneven.
Best for
fans of offbeat 1980s studio fantasy
viewers who like camp with a dark edge
people interested in star-driven ensemble comedies
audiences open to horny, surreal supernatural stories
Skip if
you want a straight horror movie
you dislike broad 1980s comedy and dated sexual politics
you prefer subtle performances over scenery-chewing
you need a tightly controlled tone
Overview
The Witches of Eastwick is a very specific kind of Hollywood oddity: expensive, starry, and gleefully unhinged. George Miller pushes the material toward cartoonish excess, turning a small-town seduction story into a fever dream of lust, power, and magical retaliation. The result is uneven, but rarely dull.
Worth noting
What makes it work is the trio at the center. Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer give the film real voltage, and Nicholson leans all the way into grotesque comic menace. The movie has the feel of an adult fairy tale that keeps mutating into something stranger and meaner, with a score and visual style that help sell the absurdity.
Bottom line
It’s not a polished classic so much as a highly watchable artifact of a moment when mainstream films were willing to be weird, sexy, and a little bit monstrous. If that combination sounds appealing, it’s an easy recommendation. If you want tonal discipline, it may feel like chaos in a velvet blazer.
Top Letterboxd reviews
🐌 (3.5★) · 4485 likes
imagine praying to god every night to send the perfect man and he sends you jack nicholson
Karsten (3.5★) · 3643 likes
how one penis can change a small town
sarah · 3316 likes
My [49M] girlfriends [28F] [39F] [40F] have unionized.
charlotte (3.5★) · 2815 likes
jack nicholson really says, “i like pussy after lunch” not ONE HOUR into this film
kidcoppola (4★) · 2660 likes
Michelle Pfeiffer in this movie may be the most attractive a woman has ever looked.