The Magician
Advocate, The | Release Date: November 12, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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60
The GuardianAndrew PulverAug 4, 2022
It looks and feels like an exceptional student film...Choppy editing and erratic time-shifts tend to undercut rather than enhance the character Ryan has magicked up. [5 May 2006, p.8]
60
The Irish TimesStaff (Not Credited)Aug 4, 2022
A cult waiting to happen. [22 Sept 2006, p.13]
60
EmpireDan JolinAug 4, 2022
Bearing a passing resemblance to both Man Bites Dog and Chopper, itÂ’s hardly original, but still a laudable example of proficient guerilla moviemaking. Read full review
60
BBCDigby LewisAug 4, 2022
Despite a brief lull midway through the 83 minutes, The Magician largely succeeds as a good short story, thanks to Ryan's captivating performance in the lead role. An unlikely road movie/buddy movie hybrid, it has all the makings of a cult hit among discerning DVD collectors. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneAug 4, 2022
The Magician might have worked better if it could have sustained for its first several sequences a sense of genre confusion. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyAug 4, 2022
The viewer is meant to chuckle at the escalating violence-ringed absurdities (the kidnapping of a bafflingly passive drug dealer who winds up becoming a road-trip buddy, for example) and at Ray's brutish philosophies, but the chuckles are few. Though the film starts out modestly amusing, it very, very quickly lists into tedium. Read full review
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