What is Magic in the Moonlight about?
Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
A cynical magician on the French Riviera tries to expose a charming psychic, sparking witty, romantic whimsy.
Dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Magic in the Moonlight parents guide
No sex or nudity and mild language, about what a PG-13 should carry.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byWoody Allen
StarringColin Firth, Emma Stone, Hamish Linklater, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Erica Leerhsen
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