The Illusionist(2006)- User Reviews

Released as a worthy competitor, or companion if you like, to THE PRESTIGE the same year, THE ILLUSIONIST pales slightly in plot and in acting. Sans comparison, despite its entrancing visuals and time-spanning love story, a deeper connection might've …more»

The Illusionist is an elegant, visually beautiful movie with a story that will hold your interest from start to finish. The characters have a lot of depth, and the entire cast did an outstanding job of portraying them. Norton plays it low key, and it …more»

I watched it in the Instant Stream section of Netflix, which usually has some suckish movies, but this movie was smart, interesting, and compelling, i was not expecting the Death of Sophie until the end of the film, but not only did it happen in the middle …more»

The plot is so absurd and childlish that makes it hard to watch the movie.

Acting is poor: even norton, who I think is great, in this movie he�s numb and slow, and the duchess looks just stupid.

Visuals are nice though.

Overall a mediocre movie.more»

There are not too many films worth the full $9 admission price. This is one of them! It is a great story full of magic and illusions. The best illusion is at the end (I won't give it away here)! Its too bad I can't be more discriptive in my …more»

The direction of this movie was almost perfect! Very good story and a memorable acting... it deserves a B+, and it is extremely worthy the time to spend to watch this movie.

Freddy Gonzalez,
Dominican Republicmore»

I LOVED this movie! It kept me intrigued the whole time, and I totally was not expecting the ending! Edward Norton ROCKED, and the girl from 7th Heaven did amazingly well!more»

(the illusionist) showed us the history of magic and illusion games without being boring like hearing a long empty lecture in a beautiful way to depict a romantic story in Burger style in that dark black cinematography dive more and more in the magic …more»

The Illusionist was a movie with a great cast including-Edward Norton,Paul Giamatti,and Jessica Biel.I must say that the illusionist was a remarkable film.Edward norton and Paul giamatti give great performances.I think you should see this movie as soon …more»

With this film and "The Prestige" coming out in the same year and actually in close timing, I can't help but compare them, even though they are not similar like everyone figured they would be. Yes they deal with magicians; but that's …more»