Excellent and atmospheric

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2007)

One of the best movies I have seen in recent years. I went to see it mostly because I like the art of illusion and I have a 12 year old son who is learning card tricks. I ended up totally immersed in the film. Great and intriguing story, romantic but never cheesy, that ends on a totally unexpected twist. Fantastic performance from Giamatti and Norton, as for Biel, well, she is beautiful. It is also artistically filmed, very atmospheric, with good dialogues and sense of humour. Reading a few negative critics, some people seems to complain about the unrealistic nature of the illusions. It seems that they have never watched illusionists like David Copperfield or Darren Brown. I was in Courchevel three weeks ago and in our hotel we had a magician who everyday was performing excellent tricks and was making things disappear right in front of you. I didn't complaint because I couldn't understand how he was doing it! But I guess it's a genre you like or you don't. I watched the movie with my wife who loved it and her sister who didn't like it at all, and usually they always agree! Anyway, I highly recommend it.