Magic in the Moonlight

2014 • 97 minutes

About this movie

Set in the 1920s on the opulent and idyllic Riviera in the south of France, Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight is an enchanting romantic comedy starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. The film follows cynical and arrogant Englishman Stanley (Firth); a master illusionist who is invited to the Catledge Family mansion to unmask a possible swindle involving an alluring young clairvoyant named Sophie (Emma Stone). At first, Stanley is confident he can expose Sophie as a fraud in no time. But as he witnesses her accomplish numerous supernatural feats, Stanley begins to question his whole rational worldview - if Sophie’s powers are real, anything could be possible. In the end, the biggest trick Magic in the Moonlight plays is the one that fools us all. 2014 GRAVIER PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Ratings and reviews

*Possible Spoilers* It is a good-looking film with good actors and that's about it. The beginning of the movie is filled with weirdly stiff dialogue full of exposition to the point where it looks like Colin Firth is actually just reading his lines off the table in front of him. There is also a marriage proposal that is almost a carbon-copy of Darcy's in Pride and Prejudice (love in spite of all reason). The "twist" towards the end just falls flat. Not a movie I would watch again.

Surpisingly average film. Good concept but the dialogue was poor and the characters two dimensional.

Cute film. Enjoyed it very much.