Excellent movie--dramatic, captivating, and just plain awesome.

Rating: 9/10 (2 September 2006)

This is my first movie comment, so if I'm doing it wrong...my bad.
Although the only reason I went to see this movie was because there was nothing else to see, I was VERY surprised to found out it was wonderful. I was drawn from the very beginning. The ending almost struck me as an interesting spin on Shakespeare, but it turned out to be much, much better than Shakespeare's stuff.
I was really blown away by the ending. Some people watching the movie with me, however, were more interested in trying to found out how Eisenheim did his tricks than what was going to happen to him. Eisenheim turns out to be quite a daring man throughout the entire movie. I love his interactions with the Crown Prince, and I'm GOT to get a quote of what he says in the first show. That thing about time. Does anybody out there have it? Anyway. Great movie. GREAT. I'm glad I let my friends drag me to the movies for this one. It's well worth the price.