Death Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts

Love is inescapable

Directed by Gillian Armstrong

Produced by BBC Film, Australian Film Finance Corporation

200797 min5.9 / 10

A period romance centered on a passionate affair between Houdini and a psychic con artist, blending historical intrigue with intimate emotional connection.

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

Questions people ask

  • Is Death Defying Acts violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Death Defying Acts easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Is Death Defying Acts sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Death Defying Acts end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is Death Defying Acts scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise17

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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