«Nothing is what it seems»

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2015)

The Illusionist
The film The Illusionist is based on Steven Millhauser's short story, "Eisenheim the Illusionist". The film was written and directed by Neil Burger and starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell, and Jessica Biel. The film was premiered in 2006 and was a commercial and critical success. The film has one Oscar nomination and more than 10 other awards.
These facts made us to pay attention to this film. Of course, someone will say that the film is boring and pretty mediocre. However, for me it's the perfect combination of everything that needs to be in a good film. It has a little bit of drama, ROM-com and historical. There is something to laugh and think at the same time. "Bittersweet" end of the film is something like the cherry on the cake. Unexpected plot twists on the one hand, is quite expected, and on the other hand appears to the viewer as a complete surprise. So I don't advise you to read the spoilers before watching this wonderful film.
This film tells us about love and hatred, magic and cunning tricks, politics and political decisions and about life in general. It tells about the life of the rich and the poor desire to succeed, about how you can lose everything and find in a moment.
Sure, The Illusionist has a very similar atmosphere with The Prestige, but it is quite another product of cinematography and it has its own unique semantic load.
I think you need to see this film at least for to be able to draw your own conclusions about it.