Review of Death Defying Acts (2007) by Anders B — 15 Feb 2009
I guess this film had a direct-to-DVD release back in N. America or something, but when I saw on our cable movie channel that there was a movie with Guy Pearce as Harry Houdini and Catherine Zeta-Jones and Saoirse Ronan as a mother-daughter con-artist team, I couldn't resist.
Unfortunately, it's a slight piece of historical-romantic fiction, and the weight of the metaphors doesn't hold in the end. Ronan shows that she's the real deal, but overall it's underwhelming considering the subject matter.
This review of Death Defying Acts (2007) was written by Anders B on 15 Feb 2009.
Death Defying Acts has generally received mixed reviews.
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