Magic Tricks

It came included in some other things I purchased, so I watched it, and I'm pretty impressed. It's certainly a beginner DVD, but then that's what it was meant to be. I especially like the concept of teaching Jessie to do the effects, as it's a good method of relaying the information to the type of beginner for whom this DVD was meant.

If you're new, or know someone who is, I would definitely recommend this DVD. I think of it as a video companion to most beginner magic books such as Joshua Jay's "Magic". It would go well with that type of illustration.

I would have given it 5 stars, except I tend to believe that beginner's should be subjected to a bit more hard-hitting material than is usually included in beginner type literature and instruction. There are some very strong effects out there that never make it into beginner instruction, even though they are extremely simple to perform well.