Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden, Simon McBurney, Eileen Atkins, Hamish Linklater
Certificate: 12
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Awards: None
In the 1920's, Firth plays a great magician who can also uncover false mediums better than anyone else. He is asked by a friend to to unmask Emma Stones's plucky psychic but it ends up being harder than he thought.Magic In The Moonlight is what can only be described as typical Woody Allen. One of his films where he doesn't try anything new but still brings his humour, philosophy and style through which is not a bad thing at all. Firth plays the typical Allen neurotic character but his performance allows it to seem very different. Whilst Allen plays on his pathetic figure - like Chaplin - , Firth gives his character a greater charisma a biting quality. He seems more confident.
The film looks gorgeous, set in France with lovely countryside and great buildings of high society with 1920s cars and clothing. The supporting characters all add humour in either the form of wit or slapstick that doesn't take the focus from the main characters but does allow them to loosen the load of being the sole focus.
Critics may have been luke-warm on the film because it doesn't stand out compared to much of Allen's other work, yet Magic In The Moonlight is immensely enjoyable if you just want more of Allen rather than a new innovation in his work.
****Good
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