Film Review: 'On a Magical Night'. In fact, I kept seeing a shadow movie behind it — the story of. Certain moments of "On a Magical Night" are so warmly lit that you could be forgiven for recalling "Bridget Jones's Diary" and its quaint vision of London after dark.
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Strand Releasing. 'On a Magical Night' Review: Chiara Mastroianni Leads an Enchanted French Marriage Fantasy. Anything can happen in an enchanted movie so liberated by the artifice its medium allows — a If "On a Magical Night" still feels too restrained — it's best when it surrenders to the whimsy of its premise. Vincent Lacoste and Chiara Mastroianni in On a Magical Night (Strand Releasing). An homage to French cinema's most. Mastroianni's promisingly unrepentant performance suffers: by the time the various lovers are busy reconciling in the Rosebud. Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Benjamin Biolay, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin.
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From the synopsis alone, you'd be excused for thinking On a Magical Night was anything but a quirky. On A Magical Night is thankfully free of any internal logic. This allows Honoré to keep introducing new kinks into an already screwy premise—like the fact that the older Richard literally can't recognize his younger self.
The writer-director is working in storybook and movie-movie terms. On a Magical Night explores the what-ifs of marriage, the alternate realities that many spouses ponder on but none dare to utter. In this sense, it's a wildly imaginative, fiendishly fun ride. It's a shame, then, that Honoré's faux-transgressive handling of deeply disturbing issues makes it hard to get on board.