Magic in the Moonlight Movie Download

6 / 10

Not that much magic on the theater screen
“Magic in the Moonlight” is the newest romance movie by the very successful and prolific Woody Allen. As in most of the films he has written and directed in recent years, he is not acting in the film himself. If you wanna see that, you should go for John Turturro’s newest work. However, here he has competent help from Colin Firth and Emma Stone as the central characters and some very experienced actors in the supporting cast. Sadly, the film missed some of Woody’s usual charm for me. I did not feel that Firth and Stone had particularly great chemistry and as the whole film was about their blossoming relationship and love, it really hurt the overall picture. Also, sometimes it gets a bit cheesy and not credible, maybe due tho the criticism I mentioned before. The ending (which was also very abrupt) with the knocking is really a tightrope walk between sweet and ridiculous. Another personal criticism I had was that Firth’s character was so unlikeable from start to finish that there was not really a single moment where you hoped he would get the girl. Actually I found myself hoping at some point his rival would get her as she obviously meant the world to him. Also the transformation of Firth’ character was not entirely credible to me. It just seemed so from one end to the other and I suspected that Stone’s character was somehow getting all these information and I am probably not as smart as Firth’s character. so how come he felt this was all 100% real.

Nonetheless, the film is not a bad one. It has its moments and there’s some solid detail. The rich boy who keeps singing is funny in an embarrassing kind of way. Firth and Stone are both talented actors and you can’t really do anything wrong by casting them. The film plays during the 1920s, between World War 1 and 2 and I am actually curious how these Wars affected the main characters’ lives. Unfortunately, the film does not give any reference here. Looking only at the action, it also could have played several decades later, maybe even today.

Anyway, if you are in the mood for a little romantic comedy with not too much depth and substance (we all are at some point) or if you just love Allen, Forth or Stone and their work, this is a decent pick to watch.Read More