Magic Magic (15)

Thriller

A naive young tourist's road trip across Chile with friends turns into a waking nightmare.

The critical consensus

An unnerving portrayal of an unraveling mind.

(*) (*) David Hughes, Empire Online, 14/04/2014

Bringing to mind urbanoia flicks (eg 2008’s Long Weekend) and psychosexual dramas (eg 1971’s Let’s Scare Jessica To Death), it ebbs away at the climax, but there’s 45 minutes where it sings loud and strange.

(*) (*) Matt Glasby, Total Film, 14/04/2014

A deeply engrossing thriller with a major turn from Juno Temple.

(*) Calum Marsh, Little White Lies, 17/04/2014

Magic Magic is skewered on the horns of a dilemma, uncertain whether it's a horror film or a psychological drama – and it doesn't work especially well as either.

(*) (*) (*) Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 17/04/2014

Another satisfyingly nasty and well-controlled work from Silva.

(*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 17/04/2014

A shapeless mess.

(*) (*) (*) Jonathan Romney, The Observer, 20/04/2014

Torpid and polarising.

(*) (*) (*) Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 13/04/2014