Illusionist vs Prestige

Rating: 6/10 (25 March 2007)

Illusionist, to me, was an OK movie. But I was really seeing, and judging, it in the shadow of The Prestige. Both movies seemed to be fairly similar in many ways, but I thought Illusionist was more predictable, and also more confusing in some ways. Without getting into any spoilers, I felt all my questions were answered in the Prestige, while Illusionist left a couple things hanging. I suppose walking away with a little mystery sometimes isn't a bad thing. But in this case, it felt like I didn't get the answers promised or expected. Adding to that having guessed the ending early on, while Prestige was more of a surprise to me, made Illusionist less of an overall enjoyable experience than Prestige.