Magic in the Moonlight

2014
PG-13
1h 37m

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6.5/10

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Colin Firth and Emma Stone in Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.

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A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

72K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Magic In The Moonlight: She's Quite Likable

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Magic In The Moonlight: She's Quite Likable

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Magic In The Moonlight: Do You Like To Travel

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Magic In The Moonlight: A Non-Believer

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Magic In The Moonlight: She Won't Fool Me

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Trivia
Wei Ling Soo, Stanley's on-stage persona, is a reference to Chung Ling Soo, the stage name of William Ellsworth Robinson (1861-1918), a popular magician in the U.S. and Europe for many years. Chung Ling Soo also tried to debunk spiritualists, and even wrote a book about it in 1898. A major difference is how carefully the men protect their Chinese personas. In this movie, people seem to be aware of Stanley's role as Wei Ling Soo. Robinson, very careful to protect his stage persona, lived as Chung, never breaking character while in public. He died on March 24, 1918 when a bullet catch trick went wrong. "My God, I've been shot!" were his last words and the first English words he had spoken on stage in nineteen years.

Goofs
In the first scene, during Wei Ling Soo's performance, the Chinese words on the backdrop are simplified Chinese characters, which were introduced in 1935 and not officially used in mainland China until the mid-1950s.

Quotes
Stanley: I can't forgive you, only God can forgive you.
[He begins to walk out the door]
Sophie: But you said there is no God.
Stanley: [stopping and turning for effect] Precisely my point.

Connections
Featured in Half in the Bag: 2014 Movie Catch-up: Part 1 (2014)

Soundtracks
You Do Something To Me
Composed by Cole Porter
Performed by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
Courtesy of RCA Records by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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6/10

Magic in the Moonlight

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to the help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.

Magic in the Moonlight is a film directed by Woody Allen and stars Emma Stone and Colin Firth. It is obviously a romance. I'm not entirely convinced by woody Allen since there are years he'll hit you with movies like Match Point or Midnight in Paris and then, years when you'll get You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger or Scoop. Nonetheless, this movie throw two very talented actors, in the middle of a quite boring story. In fact there is no tension until ten minutes left of the movie. As usual there are moments where the writing is very clever and seems fresh but they don't overcome the cliché moments though. this film fits perfectly the build of standard romantic comedy structure: guy meets girl, they do not get along very well at first as they're opposing, then they start to like each other and suddenly problems happen. In this case nothing really happens, I mean nothing really unpredictable. Colin Firth is very good as this very rude, very mean and hard to live with character. Plus, Emma Stone is really charming, lovely and beautiful; she is also very good.

Overall Magic in the Moonlight as whole is watchable but very conventional; that I could see where the film was headed from the beginning. I am a little bit disappointed because everybody know that Woody Allen is a really talented writer.