`Magic' realism, noir make strange bedfellows

Chicago Sun-Times | May 30, 1997| | Copyright

ROUGH MAGIC (STAR) (STAR) Myra Shumway Bridget Fonda Alex Ross Russell Crowe Doc Ansell Jim Broadbent Cliff Wyatt D.W. Moffett Magician Kenneth Mars Diego Paul Rodriguez Directed by Clare Peploe. Written by Robert Mundy, William Brookfield and Peploe. Based on the novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by James Hadley Chase. Running time: 104 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for sex-related content and some violence). Opening today at local theaters.

If ever there were two genres that don't seem to fit together, they're film noir and magic realism. The one grovels in gritty realism, the other ...

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