„Exploring Inner Chaos Through The Paranormal“

(Hindustan Times, November 12 ^th 2003, von Pratik Ghosh)

„It’s funny, witty, charming ... a definite „feel good film“. The actors, one and all, are

beautiful, handsome and very talented. I believed they had a grand time making the

movie and their sparkle and enthusiasm definitely shows on the screen. The

direction is bright and crisp as is the writing.

(Gordon Weaver, film publicist, USA)

„Reber, who first visited India 12 years ago, „looks to the future with fear“ because

the new world order’s desire „for only fun and entertainment.“ …“ The post-Wall

generation is not interested in culture, „they’re only interested in the shoes, T-shirts

and food that’s ‚in’.“ They’ve forgotten the basics of life, and have lost their way.

„Today, they don’t have answers, they don’t even have questions!“

The regret expresses itself in Pentamagica, the satirical comedy that tears down the

„now fashionable obsession with spiritualism and magic.“ They like the sound of the

word and behave like a swami „Shamanism, voodoo, drugs, witchcraft – they read a

book today and pretend to teach it tomorrow, without a single sense of its meaning.“

Reber, 49, has no patience for this. „the first world creates problems, then looks to

the third world for solutions.“ But, these are not serious involvement with spiritualism.

„When you practice religion it’s from your heart. It can’t be because it’s ‚in’.“

(Times of India, November 14^th 2003, R. Sengupta, Times News Network)

“It shows with black humour how the shaman is mixing up a few ingredients while

brewing a magic beverage. And soon the five “bewitched” friends

get in  hospital with symptoms of poisoning. “The comic of the movie is that the

hobby magicians take their subject terribly seriously,“ says Roland Reber “every ritual

is real, only the inattentiveness of the protagonists leads to wrong results” and

therefore to laughter. The film is not criticising magic itself, but “people who go to

a fire walk workshop on Saturday and define themselves as guru on Sunday” explains Reber…”

(Landsberger Tagblatt, 2002)

„ ... The director sets out to portray a bizarre world of magic

and spells. Everything in the film is strange: the dialogue, each

woman’s life and the abrupt cutting of the montage. ...

The director wants to accentuate the absurdity of the world we

are living in. The viewer quickly realizes that this is a special film.

Everyone who is bored by traditional story-telling will enjoy himself

(The Egyptian Gazette, von Mahamoud Kassem, 3.12.2003, Egypt)