Magician Reviews Sleight of Hand and Visual Tricks In Movies & TV | Vanity Fair
Sleight of hand expert Ben Seidman reviews and demonstrates sleight of hand tricks, pickpocketing, and psychological magic in films including ‘Ocean’s 8,’ ‘My Cousin Vinny,’ ‘The Recruit,’ ‘Focus,’ ‘Uncharted,’ ‘Modern Family,’ ‘The Prestige,’ ‘Now You See Me 2,’ ‘Mission Impossible,’ ‘Jackass Forever,’ ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp,’ ‘Cruella’ and ‘Elf.’
00:00 Intro
00:25 Ocean’s 8
02:57 My Cousin Vinny
05:49 The Recruit
09:16 Focus
11:55 Uncharted
12:56 Modern Family
15:10 The Prestige
17:38 Now You See Me 2
18:58 Mission Impossible
21:03 Jackass Forever
21:50 Ant-Man and the Wasp
22:52 Cruella
23:34 Elf
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Directors: Funmi Sunmonu and Frank Cosgriff
Director of Photography: Matt Krueger
Editor: Jordan Calig
Sleight of Hand Expert: Ben Seidman
Featured Guest: Eric DeLorettea
Creative Producer: Frank Cosgriff
Line Producer: Jen Santos
Associate Producers: Omar Elgohary and Jess Gordon
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi and Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Carolina Wachockier
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Lucas Vilicich
Audio: Kara Johnson
Production Assistant: Ariel Labasan
Hair & Make-Up: Vanessa Rene
Post Production Supervisor: Marco Glinbizzi
Post Production Coordinators: Ian Bryant, Andrea Farr
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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@divinep1912
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
:42 " if you're running a con game you wouldnt do a magic trick to start" whatt??? š thats the equivalent to saying magicians dont do set tricks as distractions and diversions for later reveals. ššš
@LamboDEB1
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
I actually didnāt get fooled by the first one
@ibnaaz4704
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
M gon bingebwatch all these.
@sageisrage
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Looks like Alan Tudykās son
@RickThornquist
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Excellent.
@kalinthedj
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Dude got way too many thumbs to be a great pick-pocket š
@Shiny101
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
0:26 what in the cultural appropriation is this??? š
@GamingLovesJohn
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Funnily enough I caught the Queen in the first time he was showing the trick. I thought I was wrongā¦
@joeyclemenza7339
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
13:45 …..the moment you realize that scammers….eeeerrr magicians….. yeah, you're not seeing the thing they don't want you to see. You're seeing EXACTLY what they don't want you to see. It's this skill that just… It's fun, and you'd be lying if you said this wasn't something that also entertained you.
@streamofawareness
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
This is fascinating but the ads are so frequent that I got frustrated and turned it off.
@TwoBricks2345
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Bros really just teaching every one how to be criminals š
@Cosmos_Chaos0
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
can you steel your self ?
@GregTurismo
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
That was awesome
@jejuorangeboo17
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
i literally had to rewatch the sleight of 3 about eight times to catch what he did
@D4RKV3NOM
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
the three card Monty you did, was laughably easy to see where you put the queen imo
@SilentDeath1994
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
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@fieonshakespearenut
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
I didn't know Alan Tudyk's little brother was a magician!
@ChiefMusic94
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
What's the movie at 1:08
@Rheubie
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
The crew's reactions are great, but Eric's are giving me life. š„°
@sahanvirajith5760
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
0:16 yeah everytime I got mugged. I was amazed
@atgyvisuals
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
This guy is dangerous
@curtism-w6b
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
I saw that bottle cap trick. Barely. But I did š .
@JazzmatazzSSM
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Your energy is so nice and positive! And Eric feels like the nicest guy ever šš„¹
@Whitepaperdsmafaik10ply
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
9:50
@electricfairy222
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
He learned to pic pocket well
@freshyeetedtrash4386
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Love how happy eric is lolol
@TheWezzz
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
I thought i had him in the cups and balls
@hamiltonseger
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
The 3 card monty was not this dudes strongest trickši would have won every single time against him lol
@rotroom
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
what the heck
@quintengonzalez1184
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
19:40 can someone please point me in the direction of the tutorial for this trick? I'll pay anything to see how it's done and learn it
@taldarim928
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Over years I've watched this video more than few times and I'm still amazed how he does some tricks, it's so entertaining to watch and listen to him. Seriously make another video just longer!
@justinjames1339
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
This video is really interesting. Wait…..where tf is my wallet?
@Akkbar21
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
The Asian actress in the first clip is obnoxious.
@Akkbar21
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Who knew they made a oceans 11 prequel? It must be awful given what we see here alone
@chatterboxmerve
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
I believe he is a Weasly
@bladeitachitalks
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
Want an explanation on Harry Potter š how the magic works
@luboradev3755
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 am
the biggest con is done by psychologists . They ask you a bunch of s**t , then spit it back at you in a fancier way and voala you owe 200$
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