Magic in the Moonlight

Houdini was not the only magician to challenge the spiritualists. Around the same time, in England, an Englishman performing as the Chinese Wei Ling Soo had a similar sideline. Persuaded by a friend, the magician goes on a mission to the Côte d'Azur mansion of a wealthy family. He presents himself as a businessman in order to debunk the alluring young clairvoyant who is staying there with her mother. The woman soon has two men, including the magician, persuing her. What follows is a series of events that are magical in every sense of the word and send the characters reeling.

98 minutes.
Parental Guidance 7-9 (Drug abuse).
Comedy, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

She's quite an act!

Credits

Cast	Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Emma Stone, Jacki Weaver
Director	Woody Allen
Screenplay	Woody Allen
Cinematography	Darius Khondji
Editing	Alisa Lepselter
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Dippermouth, Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions, Ske-Dat-De-Dat Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for a brief suggestive comment, and smoking throughout
Runtime	97
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

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 12 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith	10
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Sagte betowering in dié ligte fliek.	10
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Allen's pale imitation.	5
ReelViews James Berardinelli While I would like nothing more than to declare his 2014 entry, Magic in the Moonlight, to be the next Woody Allen masterpiece, the truth is that it's just another unmemorable motion picture for which it's difficult to remember the broad brush strokes, not to mention the details, once the house lights have come on.	13
Metacritic.com 40 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 133 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While far from a failure, Magic in the Moonlight is too slight to stand with Woody Allen's finest work.	10
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Mostly mild 1920s-set Woody Allen comedy has charisma.	10
What the People say
Internet 4327 Netizens Pleasantly delightful... or delightfully pleasant	14
Average .. 54%	11