Time: 112 Minutes
Age Rating: M – Violence, offensive language, sexual references & content that may disturb
Cast:
Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas
Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney
Dave Franco as Jack Wilder
Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves
Justice Smith as Charlie Gees
Dominic Sessa as Bosco LeRoy
Ariana Greenblatt as June Rouclere
Lizzy Caplan as Lula May
Rosamund Pike as Veronika Vanderberg
Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley
Director: Ruben Fleischer

Considering the last movie was made nearly 10 years beforehand, I was surprised that we are getting a third Now You See Me movie (almost as surprised as the fact that they called it Now You See Me: Now You Don’t after not using it for the first sequel). They aren’t the best movies by any means but I have fun with them, and the third installment was no exception.

Basically, if you enjoyed the previous two movies in the Now You See Me series, you’ll like this one too. It’s got many of the elements that those movies had: over the top silliness, plot contrivances, absurd and illogical twists, enjoyable magic tricks, and is just generally entertaining throughout. It also does play with some awareness that it’s been some time since we had a movie in this series with some characters having been separated for a while, though admittedly a bit odd for it to be so reverent towards Now You See Me at times.

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Morgan Freeman reprise their roles from the previous movies. They still all have fun in their parts (especially Harrelson) and continue to share some enjoyable chemistry. Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, and Justice Smith are welcome additions to the cast. They are decent in their roles although their characters aren’t given much time to breathe considering that the movie is also juggling the existing main characters. Rosamund Pike is enjoyable as the over the top main villain with a South African accent (I’m not the person to judge whether or not said accent is good or bad).

Ruben Fleischer’s direction is fine enough for this Now You See Me movie. Much of the spectacle is seen with the over the top CGI magic sequences, which are entertaining, if not super memorable.

While it certainly repeats much from the previous couple of movies, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is nonetheless wonderfully silly, over the top, and entertaining for what it is. Apparently a sequel is in development and I’m on board for as many movies as they want to make in this series because I do enjoy them.