'Now You See Me' Review

Ok, so Now You See Me is about four illusionists with different skills being brought together to unite as a magical force to be reckoned with(well kind of). They create illusions that are not only mesmerising but criminal. Therefore they are being chased by an angry cop who is determined to catch them.

I have noticed that Now You See Me has been slightly battered by the critics, with Empire's Olly Richards claiming 'The flowers up its sleeve have wilted and the rabbit in its hat is dead'. However I must disagree with this. I found Now You See Me to be way better than I had first expected; the film takes you on a journey of trickery and just when you think you've grasped what the hell is going on another trick is put in place to throw you right out of balance.

I thought that all the trickery/magic would become almost silly and although being the theme of the film, it would ruin it but I couldn't have been more wrong. We all know that there is a reasonable explanation for all 'magic' tricks but the best part of a trick is that we don't know how it is done. This film focuses on that fact and makes you feel stupid for repeatedly not getting the trick . Jesse Eisenberg's character even says 'the more you look, the less you see', making you in the audience think ok I can get it the next time but you never do. I don't say this in a negative light, it may sound weird but the more stupid you feel the more excited you become watching the film(in this case anyway).

All of the actors in the film are brilliant. Morgan Freeman, Mark Rufflo, Dave Franco,Isla Fisher, Jesse Eisenberg and the beautiful French one from Inglorious Bastards. I think that without them the film may have fallen a bit flat. But then of course, that is how it almost always is with films; a good looking or powerful actor always adds to the excitement on screen.

The film ends, as it must, with a show stopping, elaborate illusion that goes beyond everyone's imagination. Of course the film succeeds in expectations with this and everyone is left in utter shock. As for the 'wilted' flowers and 'dead' rabbit, in my eyes the film produces a whole field of lush flowers and bounding rabbits that were completely unexpected. Rosie Bowen

If you haven't already you must go and see Now You See Me in cinemas or buy it when it comes out on DVD. If you have seen the film please leave a comment below, I would love to know what you thought about the film.