Magic in the Moonlight

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 25, 2014

6.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 122 Ratings

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amboyAug 24, 2014

Woody Allen loves to make movies even when he has nothing to say. This film is a romantic comedy without romance or comedy. Colin Firth can do no wrong as an actor, but the script keeps him from doing anything right. Emma Stone looksWoody Allen loves to make movies even when he has nothing to say. This film is a romantic comedy without romance or comedy. Colin Firth can do no wrong as an actor, but the script keeps him from doing anything right. Emma Stone looks washed out. Eileen Atkins' crisp delivery can't quite redeem soggy lines. It is painful to see a director and actors you admire working at such a low, tired level of inspiration. Mr. Allen maybe it's time to return to Manhattan. Mr. Firth, if movie scripts are barren, do a play.… Expand

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GinanewyorkAug 17, 2014

I'm astonished that this film received even one positive review from anyone. If you enjoy hearing a perpetually grumpy Colin Firth expounding tediously for nearly two hours about the relative merits of rationalism vs. romanticism while EmmaI'm astonished that this film received even one positive review from anyone. If you enjoy hearing a perpetually grumpy Colin Firth expounding tediously for nearly two hours about the relative merits of rationalism vs. romanticism while Emma Stone looks on doe-eyed, this is your film. As for me, I found this to be without a doubt the worst Woody Allen film I've ever seen. It's maddeningly slow-paced, trivial, predictable, derivative and dumbass to its core. There's no humor; no interesting ideas are explored; there's nothing emotionally touching; and there isn't even any clever plotting. I didn't laugh once, and normally I love Woody Allen's humor. I don't know what has happened to him but perhaps he should retire now.… Expand

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foxgroveOct 3, 2014

After the high of 'Blue Jasmine' with its engaging story, funny lines and sublime leading lady,' Magic in the Moonlight' is an almost inevitable disappointment from the inconsistent Woody Allen. Desperately lacking laughs this tale of ColinAfter the high of 'Blue Jasmine' with its engaging story, funny lines and sublime leading lady,' Magic in the Moonlight' is an almost inevitable disappointment from the inconsistent Woody Allen. Desperately lacking laughs this tale of Colin Firth's determination to unmask fraudulent medium Emma Stone comes over as a mere trifle. The story is needlessly protracted for an Allen film and would have been overlong at 80 minutes let alone 97!
Colin Firth makes little impression and most of the rest of a potentially good cast are wasted on the below par material. Eileen Atkins probably comes of best, but Emma Stone is likeable even as she starts to drown due to a poverty of ideas. In fact, only the costume design is noteworthy here capturing perfectly the 1920's setting.
Ultimately, 'Magic in the Moonlight' becomes boredom in the cinema as the already thin storyline starts to evaporate. By the end it has all but disappeared, following, it would seem, the example of one of Firth's own conjuring tricks.… Expand

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UfomanAug 17, 2014

I found this film weak and, for Allen, uncharacteristically predictable. Colin Firth (a great actor) is miscast; he does not play a misanthropic, cynical atheist convincingly. That he would inexplicably fall for a woman less than half hisI found this film weak and, for Allen, uncharacteristically predictable. Colin Firth (a great actor) is miscast; he does not play a misanthropic, cynical atheist convincingly. That he would inexplicably fall for a woman less than half his age--a point slurred over throughout the film--who had deliberately hoodwinked him is unbelievable, as is the gratuitous and entirely predictable ending. There is none of the sophisticated moral nuance in "Crimes and Misdemeanors", and the mature approach to September/May romances in "Husbands and Wives" is lamentably missing. All in all, a disappointment.… Expand

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BroyaxJun 17, 2018

Sauf très rare exception, Woody Allen retombe régulièrement dans ses travers coutumiers, à savoir la réalisation de films insignifiants au scénario inexistant. Il meuble alors comme d'habitude comme il peut avec des dialogues vides, neuneusSauf très rare exception, Woody Allen retombe régulièrement dans ses travers coutumiers, à savoir la réalisation de films insignifiants au scénario inexistant. Il meuble alors comme d'habitude comme il peut avec des dialogues vides, neuneus et ineptes, quand ils ne sont pas gnangnans... et insignifiants.

Aussi, ne sommes-nous pas étonnés par ce film à la petite semaine, particulièrement vide et insignifiant duquel il a tiré tout de même une plombe et demi de métrage à dormir debout. Dans ce milieu rupin de la fin des années 20, l'inutilité du propos, la vacuité du sujet n'en sont que plus vaines et plus évidentes encore. La petite bécasse Emma Stone aux yeux globuleux et au visage de poisson pas très frais tire bien sûr un peu plus vers le bas ce qui touche déjà le fond ; quant à Colin Firth, s'il n'est pas aussi mauvais, on ne peut pas dire qu'il s'en tire sans laisser des plumes. Mais personne à dire vrai ne sort indemme d'une ineptie de Woody Allen, le petit prétentieux binoclard, faiseur d'étrons confirmé(s).

Même la fin est d'une bêtise et d'un convenu qu'on en revient pas... tout ça pour... ça ! quelle mauvaise blague... Les connaisseurs auront remarqué néanmoins -pour s'aérer l'esprit- la présence récurrente d'une diva à la robe divine signée par le couturier Zagato à ce qu'il me semble. Une rare à l'époque et encore plus rare maintenant et quasi-inestimable 6C 1750 ! Oui, ça, je n'en reviens toujours pas, quelle beauté...… Expand

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