Desperate Acts of Magic (2013)

Desperate Acts of Magic: Directed by Tammy Caplan, Joe Tyler Gold. With Joe Tyler Gold, Valerie Dillman, Jonathan Levit, Sascha Alexander. A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.

“Great characterizations by actors who clearly play ensemble well. Not only the leads but the supporting players are well-fleshed out and thoughtfully integrated into the storyline (unlike, for example, extras playing space fillers). There are archetypes – especially the needy momentary girlfriend – but archetypes are based on truth, and a needy, strangling semi-significant other is not a rare occurrence (unfortunately – yeah, Iu0026#39;ve been there, seen that). The self-centered buddy whose world view consists of the universe rotating around his ass is also not a big stretch – neither is his coming through in a pinch. The plot lines are clever and realistic. The humor that suffuses this movie is genuinely funny and uncontrived. I recommend highly!”