Right Before Your Very Eyes!
Death Defying Acts
Director: Jillian Armstrong
This is a film on the well-known mind blowing magician, Harry Houdini. It begins with a young girl and her mother who make a living on their trickery. Mary (Catherine Zeta Jones) and daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) perform in a psychic and sidekick show to make a living. They find on the news that Harry’s (Guy Pearce) mother recently passed away and will pay for a convincing psychic to contact her for him. The professional con- artists that they are, the girls jump at the offer. At the audition Harry finds Mary to be promising and almost a love interest. Things change as Harry’s manager, Mr. Sugarman (Timothy Spall) tries to pay off the couple with money as well as giving away information about Harry’s mother.
I enjoyed the film even though you didn’t see a lot of Houdini’s tricks. I also thought it was strange to hear Catherine Zeta Jones do a Scottish accent. But Guy Pearce was an awesome choice for the part of Harry. Just the way his body was built and the hair style was spot on. Even though I personally thought the movie seemed short, It worked for me.
Rating- 3
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