 Going to describe the film as a "bit of a mess", although it "raises a few laughs".Alison Rowat called "Magicians" "an hour of OK telly trying to pass as a film", and gave it two stars.This assessment was shared by Leslie Felperin of "Variety", who saw it as an "attenuated TV episode", with only "mildly amusing results", that was not as funny as "Peep Show".