Magicians
May 21st, 2007 at 00:36
I’ve just been to see the Mitchell & Webb film, Magicians, which was written by the same people who write Peep Show too.
It was quite good – not as funny as Peep Show though, and almost as if it had been toned down a bit for more family audiences (although there was still plenty of swearing). It was interesting to see Mitchell & Webb playing almost identical characters, in terms of personality, to those they do in Peep Show (and indeed the Mac adverts).
I already think it’s scary just how similar my mind works to that of Mark in Peep Show, so seeing Mitchell’s character in Magicians working in Wilkinsons (really) was ridiculous. Its almost as if they’re raiding my mind for plot ideas.
Whilst the laughs were perhaps a bit to few and far between, the narrative was certainly entertaining enough to keep me interested, although it ended in the most predictable way possible.
Perhaps the most notable thing was the cast – it was full of tonnes of famous British sitcom celebrities, all of who were famous enough that you recognise them, but not famous enough for you to be able to name them, or probably name anything they’ve been in. There was the Nazi from Peep Show, the kid from Saxondale, the sweary chap from The Thick of It, the woman from Hyperdrive, etc etc etc.
It was good though. My recommendation, which the makers can feel free to quote on the DVD cover: “Yeah, its quite good. Go and see it at the cinema if you like, or you could wait until its out on DVD”. It’d be a good quote to put on a DVD cover because it mentions DVDs.
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