Contentar
Best movie of this year hands down!
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Jemima
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
martinxperry-14868
Edward Norton at his best. The film reflects the weather that is found in centeral Europe and this adds to the authentic look and feel of the film. Very enjoyable film to watch.
DKosty123
This movie has the unfortunate luck of being released the same time as The Prestige. It often gets confused with that film and it should not. This film in my opinion is just as good, and is different from the other film which makes this comparison a bit phony. A dark film using locations in the Czech Republic effectively as a back ground, magic is not really the subject here much. Illusion is more of the subject. A forbidden love between children of different classes finally gets started when after the kids are broken up because their families are of different classes, not unusual in 19th century Europe. About half way through the film, after they reunite adults, she is murdered.Edward Norton is brilliant as Eisenheim, the Illusionist whose act is beyond magic. Paul Giamatti is great as Inspector Uhl, the detective who has to cover up Jessica Biel Sophie's death for political reasons. Rufus Sewell as Crown Prince Leopold is the reason for the cover-up, in position to become King until his Sophie, his Dutchess to become Princess, is murdered.This film is a look at lost love, murder, obsession, and Illusion and is done as well as any story I have seen filmed. The illusion at the end is worth being around for. Or perhaps is it real? The film leaves it to the viewer to decide. No narrator here, the characters and events carry the story well enough to make a narrator unneeded.
Miguel Neto
I was watching The Illusionist expecting something like The Prestige, more unfortunately is much lower, even though different movie where the only thing in common is the magic, The Illusionist is a good cast, Edward Norton as well, and the rest of the well competent cast the direction of Neil Burger is good, the film script has some problems, more is competent, the soundtrack is good, the pace is more or less, the film can be tedious, photography and costumes are good, they have good times, and the last minutes of the film are good also, more the Illusionist sins in several aspects, most have a good time and it worth taking a look. Note 7.1
jmichtate
This is why God made the library. So I could see a mess like this for free.This is not a movie about magic. It's a period romance with a cross-class twist. Rich girls don't marry poor boys, Jimmy. Everybody knows that.Anyway, there's a lot of focus on costume and set, but the story is nothing compelling. We've been here before. I guess I was supposed to place more importance on the politics of the time, but I was busy skipping DVD chapters to get to the end with the Big Reveal.If you didn't see that coming, quit watching movies.I would write more, but it just isn't worth it. Remembering this horrible movie is making my brain hurt.
