| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Can't conjure up a proper ending, but otherwise very well done and quite enjoyable." more... |
B |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...the show's stolen by Paul Giamatti..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Crisply acted..." more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz |
"...lushly romantic mystery." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"...once The Illusionist's great reveal is uncovered, what comes then is not awe and astonishment so much as disappointment, tinged with boredom." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
James Greenberg |
"Edward Norton conjures up old world magic." more... |
A |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"It's positively magical, the reason we loved movies in the first place." more... |
A |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...gives Edward Norton a role that perfectly fits his disturbing inscrutability." more... |
A- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an infectious mix of romance, mystery, and magic." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...a rich and elegant film, full of sly, devious characters with complicated motives." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a well-mounted, well-acted and sporadically engrossing historical romance that isn't quite as magical as it wants to be." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...casts an exquisitely bewitching spell with its dreamy atmosphere and pervasive sense of suspense." more... |
B |
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