Matthew Spence’s Edinburgh Film Reviews

Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

This film is about the great Houdini (Guy Pearce), however it does not concentrate on his work but rather his character and relation with the main character, Mary (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The film seems to follow the child, Benji’s (Saoirse Ronan)point of view. Houdini becomes obsessed with finding a psychic who can tell him his mother’s dying words; which is what brings these characters together.

I did not feel moved in either direction for this film. It was a great film, but it didn’t do anything for me personally. It had great acting and a great storyline however, I did not connect with it at all.

Trees: 3/5