Good Work...Must watch!! will be a dividend if you go without high expectations

Rating: 8/10 (8 September 2006)

Hey yesterday we were hopping shopping around and in the hopping process landed in the nearby AMC and chose to watch Illusionist from the pithy list of remaining late night shows. We went without much homework on the movie and enjoyed it a lot!! I mean, with due respect to anyone who has to state otherwise, the simplicity of the movie was overwhelming. Wedid want to see magic or illusions, but must say what We got was worth any ticket's money!! The setting was sophisticated and captivating; the movie was beautifully colored and the performance of Eisenheim (played by Edward Norton) totally convincing. No action here, yet substance. No special effects, yet mesmerizing...One wanted to hate the Crown Prince (played by Rufus Sewell) and one wanted that the Police Inspector (played brilliantly by Paul Giamatti) never arrest Eisenheim. So, in essence the screenplay lived upto the grandeur of the setting. On a breezy late night, don't go without high expectations, and this movie will enchant you, will make you laugh and smile in the climax!! Good Work......must watch if you want to relax and get some good stuff too!! and that too, totally beautiful, totally colorful, totally intelligent!! You love the silence of the movie; and you love to hear conversation....a movie which says a lot both ways!!