The Illusionist Review: ★ 3½ Quality & ☺3½ Rewatchability (529 Ratings)

The Illusionist 2006

Neil Burger

Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan

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Freya 5 years ago

Perfect.

Drew K over 5 years ago

Decent movie but awful accents

Mathias Eek almost 6 years ago

Not nearly as good as The Prestige, but still a great watch.

Zach Sly 7 years ago

This film had promise, but next to the Prestige it falls far short of its expectations.

Nate McBean over 7 years ago

The Prestige was better.... (3/5/2011)

Akanksha Dhyani over 7 years ago

One of the most underrated movies of all time. It is just spectacular, to say the least.

Andrea Ortiz over 7 years ago

Really good movie!

Nuno Santos over 7 years ago

Amazing and well elaborated

Dorian Silenus almost 8 years ago

Much, much better than The Prestige. Gives you more to think about.

Kakra almost 8 years ago

9/10

Franco Metz 8 years ago

The story is a bit bumby, but still okey.

Dylan Clites 8 years ago

Decent enough, but with a crappy twist ending. Watch Nolan's The Prestige instead.

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Sahar Bouzidi over 2 years ago

The Illusionist is a 2006 period drama written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. Based loosely on Steven Millhauser's story "Eisenheim the Illusionist", The Illusionist tells the story of Eisenheim, a magician in turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opened the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival; it was distributed in limited release to theaters on August 18, 2006, and expanded nationwide on September 1. The film, which contains both fictional and historical characters, begins in medias res as Chief Inspector Walter Uhl (Paul Giamatti) moves to arrest Herr Eisenheim (Edward Norton) during what appears to be necromancy passed off as a magic show. He then begins to recount the story of Eisenheim for Crown Prince Leopold. Eisenheim was born the son of a cabinetmaker in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. One day as a teenager, Eisenheim (played as a young man by Aaron Johnson) meets a...