Sabrina – total verhext! (TV Movie 1996)

Sabrina – total verhext!: Directed by Tibor Takács. With Melissa Joan Hart, Sherry Miller, Charlene Fernetz, Michelle Beaudoin. Sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, Sabrina Sawyer discovers on her 16th birthday that she’s a witch.

“I donu0026#39;t know why everyoneu0026#39;s being so hard on this movie. No itu0026#39;s not like the TV series, but come on, this was made BEFORE the TV series as a movie all on its own, of course itu0026#39;s different. Instead of endlessly comparing it to the TV show and complaining, why not try letting it stand on itu0026#39;s own?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI actually really like this movie, so much so that I recently bought it on DVD. I thought it was really cute. It doesnu0026#39;t try to be anything itu0026#39;s not. Itu0026#39;s simple, but for me that worked. For me the cast meshed very well together. Back when this movie was made Melissa Joan Hart was young enough to be able to pull off playing a TEENAGE witch and she did a really good job. Melissa Joan Hart was so sweet in this film, she was cute but not too much, and her acting was just fine. I really enjoyed Michelle Beaudoin as Marnie, Sabrinau0026#39;s best friend. Beaudoin had great chemsitry with Hart and it was very easy to believe their friendship, which felt very natural. I also thought Lalainia Lindbjerg was super as the malicious Queen Bee character Katie and Ryan Reynolds was great as hunky Seth, while Tobias Mehler was perfect as Harvey. My only complaint is that I found Sherry Miller and Charlene Fernetz really bland and uninteresting as the aunts. They werenu0026#39;t so bad but Iu0026#39;m not that keen on them either.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline was good enough…Sabrina Saywer is relatively new in River Dale. She has a crush on Seth, a senior and the hottest guy in school. But Seth is invovled with Queen Bee Katie, however when Katie breaks up with him Seth begins noticing Sabrina. When Sabrina uses her newly discovered magical powers to win a track competition, Seth asks her to the Spring Fling dance at school but by this time Sabrinau0026#39;s unsure if Seth really is the guy for her. All the while poor Harvey, whou0026#39;s liked Sabrina all along, has to wait to see if Sabrina will have a change of heart.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSabrina, The Teenage Witch plays very much like a chick flick aimed at young teens. It clearly was made on a low budget but it still (in my opinion) looked good and itu0026#39;s just a cute movie thatu0026#39;s fun if you have some time on your hands. Try and watch it with an open mind, forget about the TV show while you do, and don#t judge this little bit of fluff too harshly. You might just enjoy it.”