Using Magic for Good

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2007)

I don't think there has ever been a year in which two movies about magicians came out, let alone two good movies about magicians. Unfortunately for "The Illusionist" I happened to see "The Prestige" before it. I wholly enjoyed "The Prestige" so it was a hard act to follow. Fortunately though, for "The Illusionist", it was not the same story as "The Prestige". The story of this movie, and the tricks done in the movie were good. The name of the movie alone sets the audience up to be wowed by a grand illusion. The only question would be: "What is the illusion we are so anxiously awaiting?" Every good illusionist has the ability to create doubt about certain things we hold as truths. As prepared as I was for the grand finale of this movie, there was some doubt created. Overall the movie was good, but the ending was a bit too "Usual Suspects".