Lost in the Shuffle

2024

Documentary

3
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 178 178

magic playing cards

Plot summary

Featuring two-time world champion magician Shawn Farquhar, this documentary explores the unique relationship between the art of magic and playing cards.

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923.35 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 9
1.85 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by afreakinsheepsclothing 4 / 10

Boring and Self-indulgent

He started off good. The history of playing cards etc, but devolved into some silly long winded, self-indulgent, pat on his own back about some theory of a king or something......who cares?! Should've delved deeper into the mystery and meaning of the cards themselves. BORING! He goes on and on about different influences, seeming to try to make this a biography, and it has some good clips. A couple of good tricks by people that aren't him. He stacks these different interactions in some sort of, i dunno what. What does it even have to do with his end "trick"? There is absolutly no payoff to this terrible boring movie. I appreciate the clips of the greats, but this is just BORING.
Reviewed by popvoid 5 / 10

Mixed bag of tricks

I'd probably give this a higher review- six or maybe a seven-if not for one thing: ALL the ten stars reviews here are by people who have never written a review on IMDb before. This often means that someone had people log on and write ten star reviews to boost the film's rating and credibility. There are two reviews that don't fit this description, the authors of which gave the film an eight and a nine respectively. These are worth reading. Another person gave it four stars. I do think it deserves better than that, but at least I know this opinion came from someone not associated with the film. [BTW, I'd issue the same warning about films that receive a lot of one star reviews from people who haven't reviewed anything else. This can often be enemy action.] As for my own opinion, I think the film has some very good aspects. It's always fun to watch magicians at work, and some of the history is interesting. But the film's main claim is based on too much supposition to be of any value in academic history circles. Correlation does not imply causation, as the saying goes. The film is well put together and not a total waste of time, but take everything it says with a grain of salt.
Reviewed by mattzigzagu 9 / 10

Be amazed! Be informed!

"Lost in the Shuffle" is an interesting documentary! Do you know the history of the deck of cards you use in your card games with your aunt on holidays or watch a magician manipulate and locate the access from each suit even after a few shuffles? Well...through a literal trip around the world, the history is revealed through the charming personality of master magician, Shawn Farquhar. Through his journey & interactions with other magicians and creators and designers of cards, Shawn reveals a border which is all on displayed right there in a deck of playing cards! It's so fascinating and fun! Don't miss!

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