James Randi built his reputation exposing how magicians fake the impossible, and here he turns that skill on people who claim their powers are not tricks at all. The film follows him as he examines specific psychic claims: bending or moving objects without touching them, reading a person's thoughts, and curing physical ailments through mental concentration alone. Randi's method is practical rather than philosophical. He looks at how each feat could be staged, tests performers under conditions that rule out the usual sleight of hand, and compares what psychics promise against what actually happens when someone is watching closely for the seams. The film keeps returning to one plain question: if these abilities are real, why do they only seem to work under loose conditions? Presented from a confirmed skeptic's viewpoint, it treats psychic claims as an investigation, weighing anecdote against demonstrable technique rather than taking either believers or the powers themselves at their word.