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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary What happens when documentary filmmakers, whose mission is to probe, explore and reveal, take as their subject one of the world's greatest living magicians, whose life and art are basically off limits to probing, exploration and revelation? More than a decade in the making, Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is th...

Directed By: Molly Bernstein

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 28 m

Deceptive Practices: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary What happens when documentary filmmakers, whose mission is to probe, explore and reveal, take as their subject one of the world's greatest living magicians, whose life and art are basically off limits to probing, exploration and revelation? More than a decade in the making, Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is th...

Directed By: Molly Bernstein

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90
May 16, 2013
This documentary provides an elegant, enthralling peek behind the curtain and into the you-won't-trust-your-eyes world of this celebrated contemporary conjurer.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
90
Apr 16, 2013
Here's a movie with magic.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 16, 2013
The man himself has rarely been profiled without noticeable reluctance, though documentarians Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein delve fairly deep by allowing their subject to guide them where he may.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 18, 2013
Whatever the unanswered mysteries of Jay’s personal life, just watching this magician’s hands at work with a deck of cards is positively mesmerizing.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 18, 2013
After sitting at his elbow that day, I can tell you how he manages the tricks I saw really close-up. Not mysterious at all: It's magic, pure and simple.
By Bob Mondello FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 17, 2013
This film is a documentary about the young man's devilment. He seems perfectly happy — ecstatic, even — seated at a table in front of a three-sided mirror and practicing card moves over and over and over again. As a kid, he learned moves from his grandfather. He moved away from home in his early teens.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 14, 2013
It never bothers to attempt the one thing we'd expect and hope from a documentary about Ricky Jay: It doesn't try to bamboozle us.
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Production Company Kino Lorber
Release Date Apr 17, 2013
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://rickyjay.com/
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