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Edward Norton
Paul Giamatti
Jessica Biel
Rufus Sewell
Eddie Marsan
Aaron Johnson

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In Vienna around the turn of the century, fantastic magician uses his abilities to get the love of a woman.

12/27/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Great Film

The Illusionist has an interesting story, put together with great acting and cinematography.

The story goes back and forth between an illusionist (Edward Norton) and a police detective (Paul Giamatti). The police detective struggles to find the answers around him while the illusionist chooses to keep everything hidden. As the story progresses, the point of view starts to really focus on the police detective. As the story starts ending, more and more is revealed about the characters and their interaction towards others.

The characters are very realistic and act very well together. Each character has a wonderful personality, and a set of limitations which makes them seem very real. The dialog for the characters is very well written, making the conversations the characters have very re...

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3.5/4 

12/22/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Wonderful Adaptation of a Short Story

The Illusionist was a wonderful story based off of an idea for a short story called "The Illusionist".

In the original short story there was really no romance or anything, but it was an idea that a lot of people thought about after the story was written. The Illusionist brings this idea to life, showing a brilliant relationship between an illusionist and a woman from a rich family.

Although the story would seem to follow Edward Norton's character, the illusionist, I feel that most of the story follows Paul Giamatti's character, a police detective that spends most of his time chasing the illusionist. The character interaction between the two of them makes the story seem real, to the point where I thought I was standing in the room listening to them go back and forth. The camera angle...

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4/4 

10/17/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

This film seems to pile comments on both sides of the teeter-totter. Some are negative and some (like me) seem to like the total package of The Illusionist. Negative comments appear to focus on specifics - Why this or that for location. I hate one actor or another's performance. Yawn factor to wow factor. What are you to believe? My best guess it that some viewers don't like to be drawn in, fooled, and then left wanting more. This is an excellent film with the rare capacity to keep you guessing - if you're willing to suspend your ego and go with it. Instead of red objects to give you clues, they come in the (GASP!) dialogue. You, as the viewer, must interact with your intelligence to decide who is the more evil, the more twisted, the most powerful, the more deceptive or the more in love. ...

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3.5/4