The only part I really liked was when Jimmy Stewart goes to the older sorcerer to get the spell reversed; I liked the talking parrot. And I liked any scenes with the cat, especially when it runs away.
I like James Stewart, but mainly the 1930s and 40s Stewart, and some of his later westerns. In some of these '50 movies, I just don't find him believable with the younger female lead. Every time I saw him with Kim Novak it seemed like she was hugging and kissing her father. With censorship still being applied to American movies at the time I'm surprised this movie got a pass.
What they should have done is switch the parts around ---
- put Jack Lemmon in the lead opposite Novak
- put Ernie Kovacs in Lemmon's part as the brother
- put James Stewart in Kovacs' role as the author.
That would have been better!
But Stewart was such a huge box office star that time, him in a supporting role would never have happened.