Surprisingly good

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2006)

The movie itself is about illusion and, true to its subject, it uses slight of hand to tell an interesting and thrilling story while in the same time dazzling us with the socio-political situation of the time. In the end, we see that was only the dust in the eye.
I expected good acting from Edward Norton, as I expected a good script. This guy seems to accept only interesting stories to play in, and I applaud him for it. Jessica Biel plays the beautiful, yes stylish lady, in a role in which I wouldn't have easily placed her in. But she performs beautifully. Rufus Sewell is again cast in the role of a violent frustrated man. The big surprise came from Paul Giamatti, playing a rather powerful role as opposed to the usual insecure and weird guy he usually plays. He is also the narrator of the story and the main point of view. He did very nice, making this a good movie as much, if not more, as Edward Norton.
Bottom line: a definitely must see movie. As it happens with intelligent, well done movies, I've stumbled only accidentally over it and I didn't regret it.