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Parlez Vous Francais? Me neither . . . so that means you'll have to watch this with English dubbed over the French. It's kind of hard to focus on the magic . . . a lot of the by play with the audience is definitely lost. From what I can tell, Mr. Duvivier is a really nice guy, and an average magician. Most of his patter consists of 'watch how cool I am . . . this trick makes me look good and you look bad . . . you can examine everything.' That's pretty much the standard patter for him.

Also, whenever he does a move, it's very obvious. His rhythm and timing shift. You may not know what he did, but you know that he did. Pretty much all of the tricks are not original . . . they are variations on classics - minor variations at that. He was very rushed in his performances. That coupled with the French-to-English translator made it very difficult to watch. I didn't find any effects or twists or ideas that I would be interested in adding to my repertoire. However his effect, Upside Down Mind is pretty decent . . . the effect is; his performance was average. I guess that's the best I can say about this whole project . . . it's average.

• The magician is average.
• The magic is average.
• The performance is average.
• The production quality is average.

If you're looking for new ideas . . . skip it. If you're new to magic and are wanting to learn the classics, skip it. Mr. Duvivier is truly a nice guy and would probably be cool to hang and jam with, but I can't recommend this DVD (especially at the asking price of $39.00) when there are so many others that I feel your money would be better spent on.

Final Verdict:
2 Stars with a Stone Status of Rubble