The Illusionist (2006)

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7.6	IMDB rating

Directed by

Neil Burger

Starring (View all)

Eisenheim

Inspector Uhl

Sophie

Crown Prince Leopold

Josef Fischer

Jurka

Willigut

Young Eisenheim

Written by

Neil Burger

(screenplay)

Steven Millhauser

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Amazing film

6 years, 4 months ago at Jan 5 23:00

Prelude

5 votes

I agree with the other review on here, this is easily one of the most beautiful and best written film this decade. The story is mesmerizing, it really draws you in, and the twist at the end, wow. I mean, wow. Even Sixth Sense's ending wasn't as shocking as this one. Eisenheim had me believing in ghosts and magic by the end.

I haven't seen 'The Departed' yet, the number one conten... read more

misjudged and underated - excellent!

6 years, 4 months ago at Jan 4 22:22

doudouce55

4 votes

Everyone knows the story of boy meets girl, boy loses girl. However, there is more to this story here. Set in turn-of-the-century Vienna, Norton is Herr Eisenheim, famous magician (rather, illusionist), whose stage performance has captivated the attention of the Crown Prince, who is to wed Duchess von Deschem (J. Biel), childhood friend of Eisenheim. A crime takes place, but who has done it? Chief... read more

Wow. Bravo.

5 years, 11 months ago at Jun 10 0:32

DefenderOfKnowledge

4 votes

Just finished watching it, loved it.

This movie is simply amazing. It goes right in hand with "The Prestige" (though I do like the Prestige more) with it's sudden plot twists and "wha?" moments. The beginning is a little hard to understand, until you begin to see what happens.

The whole fact that magic actually exists kinda makes me go "meh" to this movie, but otherwi... read more

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Description: In a world where nothing is as it appears, an illusionist and a police inspector face off in a challenge of wills that attempts to determine where reality ends and magic begins...all the while blurring the line between power and corruption, love and devotion, vigilance and mania and ultimately, life and death. A supernatural myster ... (more)

Release date : 1 September 2006

Drama (44), Romance (37), Mystery (34), Magic (29), 2006 (22), Thriller (19), (14), 2000s (11), Supernatural (10), Forbidden Love (10), Suspense (9), Detective (9), Fantasy (9), Murder (8), Conspiracy (8), Jealousy (7), Suicide (7), Czech Republic (7), Illusionist (6), 1880s (5)

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" + Beautiful made movie, great atmoshpere also. + Very good acting of Norton and Giamatti. + Interesting story. - The end is a bit predictable. - Einsenheim should've be more mysterious in my opinion. 8/10"

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A good movie

“I remember exactly when I watched this flick. I was on holiday in Paris at my sister’s and when we went to rent a movie. I saw this one and I told her we definitely should watch it. Back then, I was a huge fan of Edward Norton who was the best actor of his generation and I only heard very good things about the movie. Eventually, I think nobody really enjoyed it except myself… Personally, I thought it was pretty good but still, I can’t say it was really mind-blowing though. The point is that it was absolutely a very well made movie, the directing was solid, the costumes and sets looked really good and the cast did a very good job as well (Edward Norton ... Eisenheim, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell). So, what was wrong with this movie then? In my opinion, I thought that t” read more