Rough Magic

Rough Magic
by Clare Peploe

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Actor: Bridget Fonda, D.W. Moffett, Jim Broadbent, Kenneth Mars, Russell Crowe
Director: Clare Peploe
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures

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Movie Review: Original!
Summary: 4 Stars

ROUGH MAGIC is quirky, fun and examines 'love' without resorting to mawkish cheese. No wonder so many imagination-starved critics dismissed it out of hand. I bet a remake with Hugh Grant and Catherine Zeta-Jones would be a mega-hit if made now.....(Heaven help us!)

I approached this film purely as a BRIDGET FONDA fan. Why this lady isn't a bigger star than she is I'll never know; She has more talent & looks than any number of so-called "names" populating the A-list right now, and the hostility I see directed at her in many an Amazon review (both for this film and others) leaves me scratching my head. If Ms. FONDA prefers lower key films and delibertaely avoids the typical blockbuster role then she goes up in my estimation even more.

ROUGH MAGIC is a fantasy - Let's get that straight out now. The first half of the film seems to be delving into an "on the lam" thriller (with a tinge of humour - This isn't an out & out "comedy"!) then veers off to become a film where nothing can be taken as literal.
When FONDA drinks the mystical South American exlir, her natural talents as a magician are enhanced. Finding out that Russell Crowe's ALEX ROSS has betrayed her she literally vomits up her heart and finds herself emotionless & without a soul. Of course it isn't meant to be taken literally, but it's definately a unique way of showing how crushed a person can be when they discover someone close has let them down.

So it's a difficult film to quantify, but that isn't a really a bad thing. JIM BROADBENT is always fun to watch and the Dog is a delight, while the scenery is suitable unearthly & mysterious.

Anything with BRIDGET FONDA in automatically becomes 'watchable' in my estimation, and ROUGH MAGIC is no exception. The fact that it has a positive love of life buried deep within it is mere icing on the cake in these bleak, souless times. The ending is so sweet too.

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Summary of Rough Magic

When a backstage trick accidentally leads to murder beautiful magicians apprentice myra shumway pulls a disappearing act and heads across the border to mexico. Trailed by a handsome reporter myra sets off in search of a legendary blue elixir with truly magical qualities. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Bridget Fonda Jim Broadbent Run time: 104 minutes Rating: Pg13

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