Is There Anything Real to Grasp Onto in ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’?

November 25, 2025

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I see them! … Or do I? (CREDIT: Lionsgate)

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Dominic Sessa, Justice Smith, Ariana Greenblatt, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Rosamund Pike, Lizzy Caplan, Morgan Freeman

Director: Ruben Fleischer

Running Time: 112 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: November 14, 2025 (Theaters)

I would LOVE to live in the world of the Now You See Me movies! Here’s why: nothing makes a lick of sense, but somehow everything always works out perfectly in the end. Just so long as you’re not one of those selfish Master of the Universe types, that is. Is this what justice looks like? Well, it’s at least what Justice Smith looks like, considering that he’s one of the main new stars arriving for the third entry, Now You Don’t. And in case you’re wondering, here’s my response to that subtitle: yes, they do, and they probably always will!

Grade: Actually, Though, This One’s a Little Too Illusory

This Is a Movie Review: Now You See Me 2

June 24, 2016

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The first Now You See Me did not stick the landing so much as it hit the ground with a sledgehammer, by force of a twist ending that made one of its main characters much more psychotic than the film had any intention of grappling with. It was, in a word, breathtaking. Now You See Me 2 responds in kind with a similarly outrageous long con that is very much in keeping with the spirit of this series – that is to say: maddening, but weirdly satisfying if you have a high tolerance for insanity. The problem, however, is that this time there is not much to tide you over until that ending comes. Where the original had a silly but kinetic Robin Hood-style caper plot to run on, number 2 is a whole lotta lack of clarity.

I give Now You See Me 2 5 Acknowledgements of Its Sexism out of 10 Other Things It Should Have Also Been Doing.