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  • 2022
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Summary A teenage delinquent (Miya Cech) befriends a surly magician (Rhea Perlman) who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief and finding hope in the darkest moments.

Directed By: Kate Tsang

Written By: Kate Tsang

  • 2022
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2022
  • FilmRise
  • 1 h 21 m

Marvelous and the Black Hole

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary A teenage delinquent (Miya Cech) befriends a surly magician (Rhea Perlman) who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief and finding hope in the darkest moments.

Directed By: Kate Tsang

Written By: Kate Tsang

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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80
Apr 22, 2022
Sometimes the acting is stiff and sometimes the plot points are routine, but overall, it’s a transformative magic act, taking the familiar and using a few flourishes and sparkles to turn it into something magical.
By Petrana Radulovic FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 21, 2022
While par for the course in terms of its premise as well as much of its plotting, “Marvelous and the Black Hole” is still somewhat refreshing in its visual style and experimentation.
By Sarah-Tai Black FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 21, 2022
A set-your-watch-by-it riff on the unlikely-friendship-helps-two-lonely-people formula, this time involving a troubled schoolgirl and a stage magician, it is however so nicely performed and takes such honest pleasure in the flourishes of its little magic show, that only a hard heart would mention that the palmed coins and hidden cards of its construction were visible all along.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
65
Apr 21, 2022
Marvelous and the Black Hole is a satisfying showcase from Tsang, who really draws from her animation background to show these moments of intense emotion from Sammy, but its broad strokes are a little...broad.
By Hoai-Tran Bui FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 21, 2022
There’s not a whole lot to this, but Tsang injects a lot of visual variety, and a few laughs, into “The Black Hole” that Sammy must magically extract herself from.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
58
Apr 21, 2022
Writer/director Kate Tsang cleverly straddles childhood fantasy with the baser impulses of adolescence, drawing an angsty portrait of teenage girlhood in transition. But even as a movie geared towards young adults, Marvelous and the Black Hole feels innocent to a fault.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 21, 2022
Cech is believable as a troubled teenager, and it’s refreshing to see an Asian American girl as a protagonist, but the film has a limited emotional range, jumping among several plot elements without fully fleshing them out.
By Concepción de León FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tribeca Film Institute
Release Date Apr 22, 2022
Duration 1 h 21 m
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Website https://filmrise.com/film/marvelous-and-the-black-hole
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Awards

Sun Valley Film Festival, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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