Magicians (English, 2007)

Just yesterday, I was watching The Peep Show on BBC - that's the famous British TV serial starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb - and I was laughing out loud throughout the show. I had been warned that Magicians, even though it is a Mitchell-Webb show, is not in the same league, but I did not expect it to be such a damp squib as it turned out to be.

Magicians has Harry (David Mitchell) and Karl (Robert Webb) playing two stage magicians, who are partners, then turn rivals and unite again in the end.

Don't get me wrong, the movie has its good moments; and laughable moments. If only it was a half-hour episode of The Peep Show instead of a full-length movie, it would have been wonderful. Unfortunately, in the process of making it a movie, the story looks so imposed and unnatural that the jokes seem like ones out of a cheap old joke book. Stifling and boring.

Recommendation - Avoid. Better rent a couple of DVDs of The Peep Show instead.

Rating - ✘✘