Houdini2014

If only Houdini could have waved a wand and made half of this too-long miniseries disappear.

the tricks are well shown, the narration is active and the film is not dragged out by unnecessary conversations and attempts to guess the trick

Adrien Brody is impressive as Houdini in the History Channel's two-night biography, and many of his stunts are re-created (and explained) in fascinating detail. But the miniseries, a co-production with Hungary, Houdini's home country, is too slow and too-often hokey to rate a rave.