Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This show is not good. The camera is obviously changing when he does his tricks... This show may be good for children, but it's not entertaining for me. Just my opinion, but TRU TV could do better. Sorry for the bad review, but I'm waiting on Impractical Jokers to come back on

The magic is fantastic, and Carbonaro is a great host...but 2 things jump out. The first is that there's never anybody in the store or area being filmed. These are hardware stores, toy stores, nutrition stores...and they are always 100% empty except for Carbonaro behind the counter. The other thing that jumps out is that the people being "tricked" are disproportionately black. I am not sure why this is...but the show could be titled "Michael Carbonaro does magic for unsuspecting black people in empty stores". The people in the show are definitely not actors, but the producers find a way to keep other people away from the trick. The magic, though, is really good and the reactions seem genuine. Carbonaro is a very talented magician.

While this show may have some entertainment value as far as the comedic nature of most pranks do not, repeat do not, believe for a moment anything you see in it actually happened in real time. It's all editing. Give me a camera and I can make appear or disappear anything from a thimble to an elephant. I could also make a 10 storey building disappear digitally. All it takes is professional seamless editing. This is why the vast majority of the marks have to be in on the gig and only rarely are they unsuspecting walk-ins. This show is the perfect example of why "magic" should always be performed live and never on camera and I kind of resent the fact that there's no disclaimer explaining their editing. They try to portray Michael Carbonaro as a magician performing live when that's clearly not the case. There are some funny and well-thought pranks so some people will enjoy the show, just don't believe it's real!!!

This show cracks me up. I typically prefer the raunchier shows, but this is hilarious while safe to watch with the whole family. Michael is amazing! "Oh yea, that's just a dealer window." Michael performs magic without telling the participants. Then he comes up with hilarious explanations for what happened, while the participants try to wrap their minds around what they just saw. Michael is charming and not too hard on the eyes either. Most episodes center around some sort of shop or office, and michael pretends to be an employee and confuses and amazes unsuspecting customers or coworkers. Do yourself a favor, and start recording this show. It can be watched out of sequence, so no need to worry about catching up first!