Devoid of substance, devoid of talent and devoid of meaning. Like a pile of dog poop on the floor in an art museum. Everyone pointing and saying "Oh the commentary on modern life is so substantial!" while it was just a stray dog shitting on the floor. This movie was such a pile of dog shit that with all the big names in it a lot of people thought they must have been too stupid to miss the meaning and depth. So they pretended that they movie had depth and was meaningful to not seem stupid in front of others. Then their friends went to see it, thought it sucked but were afraid to be seen as too stupid to see it so they pretended to love it. But their instinct was right, it was horrible. Too bad they were too insecure to admit it. I think most of the movies that come out today are like that. They really do suck but people are afraid to be seen as too stupid to see the depth and meaning. Just go with your gut people. Admit the movie was horrible and you will find plenty of people agreeing with you.

The film opens with four quick character introductions of "street" magicians. Daniel (Jesse Eisenberg) uses street magic to meet pretty women. His former assistant Henley (Isla "Legs" Fisher) does a stage act. McKinney (Woody Harrelson) is a hypnotist who uses his ability to shake down people. Jack (Dave Franco) uses his slight of hand to pick pocket people.The four are summoned by Tarot cards (Lover, High Priestess, The Fool, and Death) to a common location. After the credits they become the world's greatest stage magicians while performing crime. They are followed by FBI Dylan (Mark Ruffalo) and Interpol Alma Dray (Mélanie Laurent). Meanwhile Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman) is exposing their seemingly impossible tricks on the Internet.The film keeps you interested as to their next trick. The movie drops clues as to what is going on, but again there is the classic misdirection here too. It is s fun popcorn action film filled with mystery, drama, action, and humor.Parental Guide: One f-bomb. no sex, or nudity. Some sex discussion. Woman in bra.

I read no reviews of this movie( so was not tainted by someone else's viewpoint)and watched it on Netflix the other night. I for one thoroughly enjoyed this movie for what it was, a romp through some of the things 'so called magicians' get up whilst setting up 3 cons which get bigger every time. Suspend belief, stop being hyper critical and just enjoy. Of course Michael Caine plays Michael Caine again but he's made a career of it anyway!

The first thing that strikes me was that I had to watch it twice, for it was boring as hell, so just to be fair and give it a chance I lost, how much?...2-3 hours of my life? Shoot. :D Second thing was, if I was an actor in this "movie", I would be scared shitless that this movie will end my career. Well, it should. I cannot look at either one of the actors/actresses the same as before. Horrible acting, no chemistry, each one of them is annoying, I really don't know at this point what was worst, the script or their acting?...This movie summarizes all that is wrong with Hollywood. Unbelievably pretentious, out of touch with reality, fake characters, script ordered to be written to make money...fast! It is like licking honey through the glass...form over substance. There is no substance.