Now You See Me (2013)

The four horsemen (Isla Fisher, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco)

My brother told me this when we were watching INDEPENDENCE DAY for the nth time, "Goofs? What goofs? It's only a movie."

With that in mind I would not dare mention the goofs of this film. The scenes are simply wonderful and the story and treatment are almost perfect.  The car chases are exciting and so are the magic tricks and illusions.  I know that a lot of people were kind of expecting more, so they just got disappointed. Yet, there were also those who did not expect anything, but just relaxed and enjoyed every minute of the film.

When I watched this for the first time, I didn't see it coming.  I just kind of guessed it when Dylan and Thaddeus were talking at a place Thaddeus did not imagine he was going to be.

There were hints, I believe, but...

I have seen this film I think about four(4) times, more or less and for one reason or another, it's not the illusions that enthralled me, but the love, or at the very least, the chemistry, that Dylan Rhodes(Mark Ruffalo) and Alma Dray(Melanie Laurent) have.

Ah.

There goes the cheesy me again.

Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman were of course spectacular; Isla Fisher was cute;  Jesse Eisenberg and Dave Franco were wonderful; and Woody Harrelson was a natural as an annoying mentalist, but here I am raving about Mark Ruffalo and Melanie Laurent's chemistry.  They look so good on screen.  I know, I know, a lot of people think otherwise.

That's just me.

Oh, I can't wait for the sequel. 

If you want reviews, here are some links:

From the New York Times: Suspending Disbelief...

Rotten Tomatoes

The Washington Times

RogerEbert.com

One of my favorite scenes 

Melanie Laurent and Mark Ruffalo

1. Now You See Me is a 2013 American caper thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Kelly, Common, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. Wikipedia
3. Initial release: May 21, 2013 (New York City)
4. Director: Louis Leterrier
5. Running time: 125 minutes
6. Initial DVD release: September 3, 2013 (USA)
7. Awards: People's Choice Award for Favorite Thriller Movie

8. Screenplay by	Ed Solomon Boaz Yakin Edward Ricourt
   Story by	Boaz Yakin Edward Ricourt

• CastFrom Wikipedia

  • Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas (The Lovers), an arrogant illusionist and street magician who is the ringleader of the Four Horsemen.
  • Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes, an FBI agent.
  • Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney (The Hermit), a hypnotist, mentalist, and a self-proclaimed psychic. He is the oldest of the Four Horsemen.
  • Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves (The High Priestess), an escapist and stage magician. She is also J. Daniel Atlas' former assistant and ex-girlfriend.
  • Dave Franco as Jack Wilder (Death), a sleight of hand illusionist, street magician, and pickpocket. Additionally, he is able to imitate other people's voices and topick locks. He is the youngest of the Four Horsemen so is always more nervous than the rest of them.
  • Mélanie Laurent as Alma Dray, an Interpol agent who is partnered up with Dylan Rhodes to investigate the bank theft.
  • Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, an ex-magician who, for thirty years, has made money by revealing the secrets behind other magicians' tricks.
  • Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler, an insurance magnate and the Four Horsemen's sponsor.
  • Michael Kelly as Agent Fuller, an FBI agent who serves as Rhodes' sidekick.
  • Common as Agent Evans, Rhodes's supervisor at the FBI.
  • José Garcia as Étienne Forcier, the account holder at the Crédit Republicain de Paris.
  • Elias Koteas (uncredited) as Lionel Shrike, a magician who drowned while performing a trick thirty years earlier, and eventually revealed to be _________ :-) (If you want spoilers, go to the Wikipedia page)