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  • 2013
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  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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  • 2013
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Alicia (Juno Temple) arrives in South America to vacation with her cousin, Sarah (Emily Browning). When Sarah is suddenly called away, Alicia is stuck on a remote island off Chile with three of Sarah's friends, including Brink (Michael Cera), an American exchange student with a sadistic streak. Bewildered, frightened, and unable to sleep...

Directed By: Sebastián Silva

Written By: Sebastián Silva

  • 2013
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 37 m

Magic Magic

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 11 User Ratings
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Summary Alicia (Juno Temple) arrives in South America to vacation with her cousin, Sarah (Emily Browning). When Sarah is suddenly called away, Alicia is stuck on a remote island off Chile with three of Sarah's friends, including Brink (Michael Cera), an American exchange student with a sadistic streak. Bewildered, frightened, and unable to sleep...

Directed By: Sebastián Silva

Written By: Sebastián Silva

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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86% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Apr 14, 2014
Meticulously acted, gorgeously shot and hilariously insightful about the strange, inarticulable ways people can get on one another’s nerves, this psychological thriller takes its premise to surprising, darkly comic extremes.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 15, 2014
The first half of Magic Magic is greatly enjoyable... Sadly, director Sebastián Silva isn’t sure where to take his characters.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 14, 2014
It ebbs away at the climax, but there’s 45 minutes where it sings loud and strange.
By Matt Glasby FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 14, 2014
The script unsettles, but never scares, so it doesn't work as a horror film. It's also not a convincing chronicle of deteriorating mental illness.
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60
Apr 14, 2014
The film falls apart once its mysteries dissipate. With them go all the dark ambiguities that colored the first hour.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 14, 2014
Chilean writer-director Sebastián Silva’s neither-fish-nor-fowl narrative plays tricks on our minds, without fully engaging our senses.
By David Hughes FULL REVIEW
42
Apr 14, 2014
There’s a terrific ensemble at the heart of Magic Magic, including its talented director, but this psychological horror is only creepily superficial and has very little of anything insightful to say about people, its characters or its lead.
By Rodrigo Perez FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Braven Films, Chile Films, Cine Sur, Killer Films, Rip Cord Productions
Release Date Jul 26, 2013
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
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Tagline Journey to the deepest reaches of your darkest fears.
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
American Movie Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 1 Nomination

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