It’s a part magic, part one-man show, part Tony Robbins-style self-discovery that has to be seen to truly be felt – and understood.

| Feb 12, 2022

Forget flamboyant Las Vegas-style magic shows; DelGaudio is as understated as they come, readily mocking magic's razzle-dazzle stereotypes and clichés.

| Jun 5, 2021

Magician Derek DelGaudio will hypnotize you with his unique brand of personal storytelling and jaw-dropping illusions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 9, 2021

...a singular, completely unforgettable experience that could hardly pack a more potent emotional punch.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 5, 2021

I'm dying to see this again, not to figure out his tricks, but to figure out the man doing them.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 21, 2021

The piece envelopes us, mesmerizes us, brings tears to our eyes. Do yourself a favor-see it and believe.

| Feb 18, 2021

The filming techniques add impact to the performance and give the film audience a bit of a behind the scenes view of the audience's experience and reaction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2021

A once-in-a-lifetime movie of a once-in-a-lifetime performance pleading for inter/intra-personal compassion and empathy.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Feb 3, 2021

A beautiful, powerful performance that employs art, illusion, storytelling, and its own audience to explore aspects of identity, isolation, and our own desperate drive to figure out who we are as individuals.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 1, 2021

DelGaudio certainly can be mesmerizing, and the movie version of In and Of Itself keenly captures his ability to draw us in.

| Jan 28, 2021

An elegantly constructed, one-man, philosophical magic show.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 28, 2021

One of the most astonishing things I've seen in a long time ...

| Jan 28, 2021

In & Of Itself is a great balm for those of us missing live theatre, but it's also a stunning piece of cinema on its own. It's the kind of art that sticks with you afterwards.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 27, 2021

The film is a transcendent experience that largely lets the one-man show speak for itself without veering into the detachment of a concert film that simply documents the night of.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 27, 2021

In & Of Itself might be brave act of kindness, it might be cynical show of trickery, it might be both at once or something else altogether. Whatever else it is, it's completely fascinating.

| Jan 26, 2021

[A] masterful piece of work, one that takes full advantage of its unconventional structure and the idiosyncratic skill set of its creator. Smart and sad, it's a highwire balance of passion and pathos that simply refuses to do what you expect it to do.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 26, 2021

A meditation on personal identity isn't what we expect from a magic show, but DelGaudio makes it work.

| Original Score: B | Jan 26, 2021

The virtuoso applies an extraordinary personal touch to his highly focused hocus-pocus.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 23, 2021

Home movies and animation are employed to varying effect but keep In & Of Itself from feeling stagebound as DelGaudio builds toward the film's emotional (really) finale.

| Jan 23, 2021

The place of magic in In & Of Itself is not to amaze for amazement's sake, although I was certainly stunned by some of what happened. It's that the unreal is used to create the super-real.

| Jan 22, 2021