Magic in the Moonlight
Colin Firth and Emma Stone lead Woody Allen’s romantic comedy set in 1920s upper-class France, where an Englishman (Firth) is brought in to expose a potentially fake spiritualist (Emma Stone) – but may have met his match. Co-stars Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) and Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River).
- Director:
- Woody Allen ('Midnight in Paris', 'Blue Jasmine', 'Annie Hall', 'Manhattan')
- Writer:
- Woody Allen
- Cast:
- Emma StoneColin FirthMarcia Gay HardenJacki WeaverHamish LinklaterEileen AtkinsErica LeerhsenSimon McBurney
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksHe's made more masterpieces than Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese combined, but Woody Allen films are still a gamble. It's an inevitable side effect of averaging one film a year for four decades. Amidst modern classics like Blue Jasmine and Vicky Christina Barcelona, there will inevitably be average movies (To Rome With Love and Small Time Crooks) and outright stinkers (Hollywood Ending; You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger). For steadfast Woody Allen fans like me, his off-days are rarely a chore. While there are some joys to found in Magic In The Moonlight, they're far too few to lift it out of the 'stinker' category.
Foolishly romantic.. but I like it :D
You cannot choose who you love, and this movie is all about that. Winning and losing love in every weird and nutty way is a fact of life that this movie successfully portrayed. In the end, love is so powerful that you only hope to get the happiness you so much want and think deserve. Romantic, entertaining and easy to watch. I like the acting and...
Lame
This could have been an entertaining bit of fluff if it had been trimmed by about a third: visually, it's divine - glorious settings, perfect period detail in costume, hair and props. but - oh, dear! With Colin Firth, Emma Stone and Eileen Atkins playing the leads I really expected better, but they were let down by self-indulgent directing, sluggish...
Makes You Believe
Both Emma Stone and Colin Firth have always had a pretty solid track record, especially with romantic comedy-dramas, but there's something especially captivating about the way they perform when they're together, maybe because Firth is a roguishly appealing cynic hero, and Stone the quintessential 500 days of summer indie dream-girl -even if it is 1920....
Only really for the die hard Allen fans
This film is about a magician played Colin Firth. He meets a young woman played by Emma Stone that claims she is a medium. He tries to expose her as a fraud. This is set in the south of France in the 1920's. The cinematography is great. There is the typically great Allen dialogue. But there is a lack spark betweeen the two leads. Woody has always been a bit...
Variety
pressWhenever Firth and Stone are onscreen together, the movie sings; the rest of the time it’s never less than a breezy divertissement.
The New York Times
pressRarely [has Allen] a story on screen that manifests so little energy, so little curiosity about its own ideas and situations.
The Dissolve
pressEarly on, it feels like it might become one of Allen’s best. Then the narrative direction becomes clear, the possibilities narrow, and the film shuts down along with them.
Little White Lies
pressUnapologetic mediocrity can be so refreshing when it's served by a master.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA fugacious bit of whimsy that can only be judged minor Woody Allen.
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksHe's made more masterpieces than Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Martin Scorsese combined, but Woody Allen films are still a gamble. It's an inevitable side effect of averaging one film a year for four decades. Amidst modern classics like Blue Jasmine and Vicky Christina Barcelona, there will inevitably be average movies (To Rome With Love and Small Time Crooks) and outright stinkers (Hollywood Ending; You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger). For steadfast Woody Allen fans like me, his off-days are rarely a chore. While there are some joys to found in Magic In The Moonlight, they're far too few to lift it out of the 'stinker' category.
Variety
pressWhenever Firth and Stone are onscreen together, the movie sings; the rest of the time it’s never less than a breezy divertissement.
The New York Times
pressRarely [has Allen] a story on screen that manifests so little energy, so little curiosity about its own ideas and situations.
The Dissolve
pressEarly on, it feels like it might become one of Allen’s best. Then the narrative direction becomes clear, the possibilities narrow, and the film shuts down along with them.
Little White Lies
pressUnapologetic mediocrity can be so refreshing when it's served by a master.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA fugacious bit of whimsy that can only be judged minor Woody Allen.
Foolishly romantic.. but I like it :D
You cannot choose who you love, and this movie is all about that. Winning and losing love in every weird and nutty way is a fact of life that this movie successfully portrayed. In the end, love is so powerful that you only hope to get the happiness you so much want and think deserve. Romantic, entertaining and easy to watch. I like the acting and...
Lame
This could have been an entertaining bit of fluff if it had been trimmed by about a third: visually, it's divine - glorious settings, perfect period detail in costume, hair and props. but - oh, dear! With Colin Firth, Emma Stone and Eileen Atkins playing the leads I really expected better, but they were let down by self-indulgent directing, sluggish...
Makes You Believe
Both Emma Stone and Colin Firth have always had a pretty solid track record, especially with romantic comedy-dramas, but there's something especially captivating about the way they perform when they're together, maybe because Firth is a roguishly appealing cynic hero, and Stone the quintessential 500 days of summer indie dream-girl -even if it is 1920....
Only really for the die hard Allen fans
This film is about a magician played Colin Firth. He meets a young woman played by Emma Stone that claims she is a medium. He tries to expose her as a fraud. This is set in the south of France in the 1920's. The cinematography is great. There is the typically great Allen dialogue. But there is a lack spark betweeen the two leads. Woody has always been a...
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