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Saw his show at the MGM grand in Las Vegas, what a load of rubbish. He handpicked bogus audience members and then done small tricks on them in the aisles, which were relayed onto a big screen (that was probably part of the trick, probably pre-recorded). I wanted to see a lavish magic show, but all I got was a small time magician, "pervy" was the comment made by my 18 year old nieces. To top it all he proceeded to throw large blow up balls into the audience, which knocked over most of the audiences drinks onto their laps. DON'T EVER GO AND PAY TO SEE THIS MAN, IT IS A TERRIBLE SHOW. PS the MGM Grand is more like a bingo hall than a theatre, don't go there either.

I just saw him in Boston... Had an amazing time! And I was way up in the upper balcony and could hardly even see the guy. Sounds like most people just don't get it. Sucks for you.

My advice. Buy the cheap tickets (I paid 40 bucks)...
Relax, laugh, and have a good time!

I completely agree with everybody in here. My wife bought us tickets to see him in Toronto at the Sony Center on March 08 knowing that I was a big fan of magic and his. I couldn't believe this was the same copperfield that did all the tv specials a while ago.I Was VERY VERY dissapointed. He seemed that he was bored and did not care about the show, repeating the same tricks over and over. From beginning to end I counted 1 hr and 15 min. The show started 15 minutes late, followed by a movie showing how famous he is and people from the TV media saying his name in different shows, 20 min showing a movie of one of his scapes he did many years ago, a few slow tricks for which he wasted a lot of time picking people from the audience, a very long story about his grandfather (almost 30 min to perform that trick) with some audience members and than 1 more trick and the show ended abruptly. People looked confused. Everybody around me thought it was the intermission and that more tricks were coming, but no, it was the end of the show and he was leaving. Not even an spectacular ending or anything. I could just look at the faces of the many parents that brought their children to see the show. It's that it?. They could not believe it !! they paid the pricey cost of the tickets for just a little bit over an hour of show of which 75% were old videos and self promoting of copperfield as the greatest magician of all times. It took longer to find parking than to see the show (without mentioning the 1 hr drive to downtown toronto). I have seen many many shows and I have never been so dissapointed of a show. What a waste of money and time. Conclusion, save your money. He is not what he used to be anymore. He seems tired and that he lost the passion for magic. After all, all his TV specials and how he does every single one of his tricks can be found in youtube and many other internet sites. Will never see any of his shows again.

Just saw him in Toronto. Very disappointed, way too much talk very little magic. He came across very self-indulgant. Anti-climatic ending.

Want my money back.. Saw him 15yrs ago - he was amazing. Must not care any more.

I just saw him last night (3/22/08), paid $60, and was frankly insulted by his manner, his arrogance, his boredom, his condescension, his smarminess, and his public hitting on beautiful young women in the audience, who were obviously targeted ahead of time by his staff. The illusions were great for one who never saw him before- which I hadn't - but I was shocked by the attitude he seem to have for both his work and the audience. He looked like he had just rolled off his sofa from watching the NCAA's; unbuttoned light blue shirt over a white shirt? He seemed to convey an attitude, "I can't believe these guys paid good money to see this." Everything about the self-promotional videos and other stuff mentioned in other comments also holds. He's become a parody of himself, and an embarrassment.

Nothing could be compared with natural power of God. Do I BELIEVE in their illusions?. No. The Power from almighty God, the holy trinity is what I comprehend, and hear clearly. Magicians. We know their weaknesses, and we know how to make them droopy. After all, they still be overwhelmed, and still they go to graves. The power of Jesus, what we know, and believe most above all. If I see, a magician, I shall catch him, and drown him deep in the water. Do care about magicians?. No we don't. And we don't give them a chance to decieve people. Thas it. Magicians are powerless, and dismayed when coming to disprove them, and put them bak in their places. I'm a christian, and belong to the Seventh day Adventist church, and I had been studying bible for seven years, and I know what make such people powerless, and stopped from misleading the multitudes with illusions. Jesus is the greatest physician, and the greatest healer, and Lord, and God above all. Get out of our way!.

Saw his Vegas show at MGM Vegas, usually never write reviews, but could not help myself to warn people about this loser! What a waste of money -simply promotes himself through the whole show - with a couple of illusions - WOW!

Mimes, clowns, magicians, social workers. They're pretty much all the same.

Atending his Las Vegas show last night. Started 10 minutes late, 15 minutes of self-promoting videos, 10 minutes telling story about his grandfather, 15 minutes selecting audience members, 40 minutes of magic. $100 ticket or $2.50 a minute.

I just saw him last night at Foxwoods. I was a little shocked by the amount of time wasted on lengthy set-ups and chosing participants. I also didn't like the self hyping he's so into. We arrived about 30 min prior to show start and were entertained with clips from all over about how fabulous he is. Then, mid way through the show he jokes about how much he's praising himself and shows a 5 minute video of various tv shows and movies mentioning him name. Can you say douche chills ? Overall I liked the 4 illusions I saw, but I did feel there was alot of wasted 'filler'.

Saw his show last night, 1.5 hours, .5 of which was film about how great he is! Totally full of himself. Only did 3 illusions worth anything and the rest was a bunch of corny jokes. Waste of money.

Worst show ever. Want my money back. L O N G and Boring

Just saw him, could not wait for it to be over. He is hackey and boring and I saw better magic on a Carnival cruise

His show is way over rated. The show I saw last month was exactly the same as the one I went two years ago. One would hope that he would have come up with something new after two long years... Just a cash cow for him. What a waste of money.

Still good but seems to be loosing his love for performing. I've noticed less theatre and more talk during his shows.

I think that he is highly over rated.

Big showy and glamorous with expensive illusions that are not that spectacular.... got to be a 1.....

When I went to one of his shows, he was pretty good. I was entertained.

I can't believe he gets paid millions for the schlock he tries to pass as entertainment.

An amazing Man.

well, he did make claudia schiffer disappear.

As a magician, dedicated. As a person, a prize cock. Back in his day (the 80's/90's) he did big things for the magic industry. He was a man who thought outside the box and didn't fail to achieve the impossible. However, his overblown ego, tedious look-at-me-being-sawn-in-half acts, use of dramatic 80's music and CO2 went out with the gay leather trousers, medallions, hairy chests and David Hasslehoff (getting too old for it) image. Step aside you tart, your days are over!