The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Magic in the Moonlight
Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2014
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Movie details
Magic in the Moonlight
2014 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 38m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Magic in the Moonlight?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Woody Allen
Written by
Woody Allen
Colin Firth
Stanley Crawford
Emma Stone
Sophie Baker
Hamish Linklater
Brice
Marcia Gay Harden
Mrs. Baker
Jacki Weaver
Grace
Erica Leerhsen
Caroline
Eileen Atkins
Aunt Vanessa
Court is in session
Put Magic in the Moonlight on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.