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  • 1982
  • PG
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 1982
  • PG
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Teenager Danny Masters, the son of the late Harry Masters, considered the second best escape artist in history, wants to follow in his father's footsteps, he already a skilled but untested magician. As far as Danny knows, his father died in a dangerous escape routine. Escaping from under his grandmother's roof, Danny, in a step to achiev...

Directed By: Caleb Deschanel

Written By: David Wagoner, Melissa Mathison, Stephen Zito

  • 1982
  • PG
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 1982
  • PG
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 34 m

The Escape Artist

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Summary Teenager Danny Masters, the son of the late Harry Masters, considered the second best escape artist in history, wants to follow in his father's footsteps, he already a skilled but untested magician. As far as Danny knows, his father died in a dangerous escape routine. Escaping from under his grandmother's roof, Danny, in a step to achiev...

Directed By: Caleb Deschanel

Written By: David Wagoner, Melissa Mathison, Stephen Zito

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
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75% Mixed
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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75% Mixed
6 Reviews
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80
When Danny and Stu are on-screen together – The Escape Artist is immensely enjoyable.
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80
It's an imperfect movie, but a tantalizing and rewarding one.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
60
There are lapses in the continuity, and the picture is pushed toward a ready-made, theatre-of-the-absurd melodrama--the kind of instant fantasy that filled One From the Heart.
By Pauline Kael FULL REVIEW
50
A simple story is lost in the film's complex structure, and only when O'Neal and Julia are on screen together does this directorial debut of cinematographer Caleb Deschanel come to life.
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50
The Escape Artist is chockablock with intriguing ingredients, none of which pays off. It's a true oddball, but as much as one would like to encourage iconoclasm in Hollywood, a movie this incoherent can only induce exasperation. [14 Jun 1982, p.88]
By David Ansen FULL REVIEW
50
The Escape Artist looks as if it may be intended for children, but it's so fuzzy in detail and character that it fails in its premise as either adventure or fantasy. [29 May 1982]
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Treatment frequently pushes past the careful to the precious, and the quiet, odd tale never becomes more than mildly intriguing.
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Production Company Zoetrope Studios
Release Date May 28, 1982
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG
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Tagline He can get away with anything, that's why they call him The Escape Artist
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