7/10
Woody Allen seems to be working at an "every other one is a great one" clip these days, with Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine paced by the immediately forgettable To Rome with Love and this newest one, Magic in the Moonlight. It's not as bad as To Rome with Love, but it definitely doesn't hit the highs of the other two. It just feels slight - a little slapdash, a bit of a lark. The plot feels like sitcom fodder, with Colin Firth playing the hardline skeptic to Emma Stone's mystic medium, but the pair have an easygoing chemistry. Firth is always watchable and as good as you'd expect from him and Stone brings her usual girl next door charm to a role that doesn't call for much more.
There are a few laughs, the settings are gorgeous and the music is fun and breezy. For a nice enough 2-hour escape or a good date night flick, you could do a lot worse.
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