Now You See Me

The closer you look, the less you'll see

This keep-you-guessing film is about a group of magicians who somehow manage to rob banks in distant places while they are performing live on stage. WIth both the FBI and Interpol investigating them, the scene is set for a grand game of cat and mouse.

115 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language, Violence).
Crime, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I'm hot stuff.

Credits

Cast	Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine
Director	Louis Leterrier
Screenplay	Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Music	Brian Tyler
Cinematography	Mitchell Amundsen, Larry Fong
Editing	Robert Leighton, Vincent Tabaillon
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2013
Produced by	Summit Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, SOIXAN7E QUINE5E, See Me Louisiana

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Thriller, crime
Language	Infrequent, mild to moderate
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Infrequent, mild to moderate, fantastical, no blood.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Alcohol in social context
Comments	None
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG-13 for language, some action and sexual content
Runtime	115
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
ScreenIt C. Fuchs The fact that it starts with a comment about ''the closer you look, the less you see'' proves fitting as a close examination of the mechanics here proves it's just fancy sleight of hand covering an otherwise mediocre script.	10
Metacritic.com 35 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 143 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Now You See Me's thinly sketched characters and scattered plot rely on sleight of hand from the director to distract audiences.	10
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	11
What the People say
Internet 66546 Netizens Surprising Film	15
Average .. 56%	11