''Jinxed'' is a 2013 Canadian-American fantasy-comedy

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that premiered on

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on November 29, 2013. The film stars

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and

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. The film was directed by Stephen Herek and produced by Amy Sydorick & Scott McAboy. The film was released to DVD on April 8, 2014 and to Blu-ray on December 4, 2015. The premiere of the film was watched by 3.2 million viewers.

Plot

In 1914, the luckiest man in town Tommy Murphy (

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) is overjoyed when the girl of his dreams, Caitlin O'Leary (Andrea Brooks), agrees to dance with him in the town festival despite all rumors that she is a witch (known as a young

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woman). The event is ruined when a young woman named Violet (Jessa Danielson) surprises him by showing her feelings for Tommy by kissing him in front of his date. Tommy tries to keep Caitlin from running off, only for him to accidentally tear her dress, revealing her underwear. Feeling humiliated, she curses Tommy and all of his descendants with incredibly bad luck. He tries to find her so they could reconcile and reverse the curse, but is heartbroken when he learns that she married someone else. One hundred years later, his great-great-granddaughter Meg Murphy (

) is desperate to end the family's curse. Together with her brother Charlie (

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), Meg finds Tommy's diary and finds out that to get rid of the curse she needs to give Tommy's " lucky coin" to a descendant of Caitlin. They successfully manage to steal their great-great-grandfather Tommy's lucky coin from the Harvest Hills Historical Museum. Afterward, Meg realizes that Ivy Murray ( Elena Kampouris), a mean girl at school that picks on her, is a descendant of the O'Leary family and decides to give her the coin; her crush, Brett (

), asks her to the festival and she realizes that he's a descendant of Caitlin as well (being Ivy's cousin). At the dance she gives him the lucky coin, hoping to break her curse; however, a piece of Tommy's diary winds up in Charlie's hands and reading it, Charlie realizes the coin just ends up transferring the curse to Brett's family. Meg is horrified when she discovers what has happened and arrives at his house to witness his house getting ransacked by an angry monkey. Ivy answers the door, and upon learning that the bad luck came from Meg giving Brett the coin, she grows angry. Meg manages to convince Ivy that she never intended for this to happen and Ivy realizes she's always been mean to Meg since her cursed accidents affected her as well but realizes that it's not Meg's fault. The two race to the closing ceremony, where Brett gives Meg the coin back. She then gets struck by lightning and almost falls off a flag tower but is saved by Brett, who then kisses her. Afterwards, Meg and Ivy become best friends and she and Brett are dating. Meg goes to science camp after all and accidentally invents a potion that grows hair on bald heads. She puts back Tommy's diary with the coin after reading in the last part that Tommy, due to his bad luck, meets his beautiful wife at the hospital and throws his coin into the fountain causing a flood. Even so, he believes that it's the attitude that counts. Meg and her family go on vacation to visit the

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and end up causing more bad luck, with Ivy and Brett running for their lives, but laughing about it.

Cast

as Meg Murphy, the main character, whose family is cursed *

as Charlie Murphy, Meg's younger brother * Elena Kampouris as Ivy Murray, Brett's cousin *

as Brett, Ivy's cousin * Donavon Stinson as Dad, Meg's father *

Keegan Connor Tracy Keegan Connor Tracy (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series '' Beggars and Choosers'' (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy drama s ...

as Mom, Meg's mother *

Jay Brazeau Jay Brazeau is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Sam Fisher in ''Cold Squad'', as Harlan in ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997–2007), and for voicing Uncle Quigley in '' Sabrina: The Animated Series''. He is also known for his role as Bobby in ...

as Grandpa, Meg's grandfather *

as Tommy Murphy, Meg's great-great-grandfather *

Andrea Brooks Andrea K. Brooks (born March 3, 1989) is a Canadian actress and model best known for portraying Faith Carter on the Hallmark series ''When Calls the Heart'' and Eve Teschmacher in The CW series ''Supergirl''. Early life Born in Brantford, Ont ...

as Caitlin O'Leary, Brett and Ivy's great-great-grandmother * Jessa Danielson as Violet Maws * Carmel Amit as Gypsy Woman, a fortune teller * Kwesi Ameyaw as Mayor

References

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* {{Nickelodeon Original Movies Films set in Maine 2013 television films 2013 films American children's comedy films Canadian children's comedy films American children's fantasy films Canadian children's fantasy films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Stephen Herek Films scored by James Dooley Films shot in Vancouver Nickelodeon original films Films set in 1914 Films set in 2013 Films about curses 2010s American films 2010s Canadian films