'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' Review
- Connor Petrey
- Nov 14, 2025
- 2 min read
Release Date: 11/14/25 [Cinemas]
Genre: Crime. Thriller.
MPAA: Rated PG13.
Distributor: Lionsgate.
The Verdict: A Maybe
Now You See Me is a guilty pleasure of mine, I’m well aware that terminology is fronted upon these days but that’s honestly how I’d represent my enjoyment of the series thus far. The Now You See Me trilogy is magic and heist mixed into one - what could be better (I suppose Ocean’s with magic, but that’s not the point). It’s been nearly ten years since the second one released and to everyone’s surprise was a smash hit at the global box office, now with the third entry finally upon us - Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, we have a bundle of new characters entering the scene to lead the way into the future of the franchise.
Now, as an avid fan of the previous two films - I went into the third wary of the newcomers, especially with so much love to give still to the original returning cast. Two many characters can cause a clash if not executed properly and adding a “passing the torch” element rarely works… however it somehow functions well here. While this is ultimately the Jesse Eisenberg as Atlas show with the new cast of Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu), Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie), and Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers); they still shuffle the original cast in with ease although favorites like Woody Harrelson’s McKinney gets pushed slightly to the back burner.
The heist is a fun one here - the angle, to reveal Rosamund Pike’s true crimes while stealing her most valuable asset. The second film in the franchise had a phenomenal set piece within a vault and throwing a card to one another without guards seeing, it’s still to this day the best scene in any of the NYSM films and this film doesn’t come close to recapturing that kind of magic. There are extended scenes with trick hallways and rooms in a mansion that Morgan Freeman’s Thaddeus resides in, but it’s a cheesy gimmick that takes far too long to set up for little payoff.
The new cast blends in fairly well with the old and have a fantastic dynamic amongst one another. While the magic continues to become more and more fantastical and less logical, there’s no denying that these films thrive on being incredibly entertaining and captivating to watch. Nevertheless the films have had a slight decrease in enjoyment with each new entry, but the truth of the matter being that if the studio continues to put these out… I’ll continue to show up on day one. Because who wants to miss out on a good magic show?
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