Very pretentious

Rating: 2/10 (10 September 2013)

At no point in the movie was there a single sequence where you don't want to punch any of the main protagonists in the face. Everything is so rubbish Hollywood that you wanna puke. The French girl with her ridiculous accent, the ridiculously stupid FBI agents who couldn't find their own kids in their own home, the pretentious magicians... Even Morgan Freeman finds real trouble playing his part, which is very badly written.
There's no real plot by the way, it's just a succession of tricks and flashbacks and action scenes with no real connection. There's no drama, no intensity, and no point. This is a "story" that would require elegant and skillful writing : since it's clearly not there, the film fails completely. Oh and the music is horrid.
If you want a good magic movie, just watch The Prestige. Even though the story is less believable, it's well written, well played, and it's got drama and intensity. You care for the characters. Something "Now You See Me" clearly didn't understand.