Great Flic!

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2006)

This has to be one of the best, if not the Best movie I have seen this year. All the performances were great, and the mood was perfect. My wife & I were blown away by the ending and just looked at each other & said, "Well, it was called the Illusionist." It reminded both of us of "The Usual Suspects". A taut tale and no idea that we were being set up for something. Near the end I was getting sad thinking, well he got his revenge & justice, but he now has a lonely life. They sure fooled me.
This movie has limited release in Chicao, maybe 6 theaters. We went to an 11:45 Sunday matinée. It was one of the larger theaters at a 30 screen plex and it was over half full, so word of mouth seems to be working as I I do not see it overly advertised. At the end the audience started applauding and I joined in feeling it was honest applause.