Little Miss Magic (1998) User Reviews

No magic

[BandSAboutMovies · 2/10 · 24 May 2022]

Deidre (Vanessa Greyshock) is a teenage sorceress in training who has one test left from her master (Robert Quarry): she must help Richard (Ted Monte) deal with his life, which is mostly living under the naysaying gaze of his wife Kristin (Michele Bauer) who keeps pushing him but is really working with his friend Greg (Steve Scionti) to get the promotion instead of her husband so they can both make money off the mob.

And right now I realize, if this was a Fred Olen Ray softcore movie, this is where Michele Bauer would be naked, but this is a Fred Olen Ray kids' movie but it's the same story except we have a supernatural child and cameos from Tommy Kirk and Russ Tamblyn.

At one point, this movie had a talking head of Robert Quarry like an alien intelligence speaking to a young girl about magic and I saw my life from the outside, sitting in a movie-overflowing basement and trying to find meaning and joy in a world that I rapidly see as getting worse and it was all just so funny to me. I laughed like a madman to the point that my wife came down to the basement to check on me and I was trying to explain why I would not only watch this movie but multiple Ray movies all in a few days and she just looked at me with that mix of "Why did I get married?" and "I love that affable moron" and went back to doing something good and needed.

An absolute waste of time

[junk-159 · 1/10 · 15 February 2006]

My six year old son chose this at the local rental place, presumably because of the glitzy packaging. We had no preconceived notions - we had never heard of this movie, nor any of the actors.

The acting, "special effects", production quality, and the plot itself were just plain awful. I don't think I've ever seen a worse movie, ever. I should have been leery upon noticing the leading actress in this kid's movie was a B-rate soft-core porn star.

After 15 minutes, I couldn't take any more, and left the room, although I did not comment to my child so as not to influence his judgement.

After about 30 minutes, my two year old son, who was also watching, lost all interest, and joined me in watching something else in another room. My wife and six year old watched the entire show.

The eye-rolling looks from my wife during the brief time I could stomach the movie was more than ample evidence that she did not enjoy the movie either.

When questioned about his reaction to the movie, he told me he wished he'd chosen a different movie, as this one was "not very good". This is coming from a boy whose favorite movie is "Sharkboy and Lavagirl" - not exactly a movie connoisseur yet.

Don't waste your time - skip the rental. Heck, even skip the TV repeat, if it would ever be so lucky as to be shown.

Overall a cute movie.

[moms795 · 7/10 · 10 July 2001]

Lot's of humor (but perhaps too much slap-stick). Little Miss Magic is a great movie for kids who dream of having magical powers. You can tell that this movie did not have a high budget, but my kids really liked it.