I know what you’re thinking — movies about magic hardly ever work. We saw a good example of a good idea gone wrong with the recent “Burt Wonderstone“. The problem with that movie was that it was too predictable — i.e. it was everything “Now You See Me” isn’t.

Thanks to a great cast and a fun script that was cobbled together by five — count ’em five — screenwriters — the movie is a surprisingly fun movie, with twists and turns around every corner. It actually manages to create the energy and wonder of a great magic show. You know it’s BS and if you look closely you can see the smoke and mirrors but it’s still too much fun to care about that you’re being played.

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