great movie

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2007)

Edward Norton is excellent, as usual. He is vulnerable and sad sometimes but never crushed by the powers that rule. His majestic pose makes him so believable in this role. I have seem him dance for Woody Allen and crawl for Spike Lee, and always love his boyish quality.
His hands are the only thing that moves fast in this film and the camera sits calmly on his eyes to encourage us to figure out the plot..
It is no essential to the plot if he is gifted sage or an artist of con but the story is so interesting and the supporting characters so strong that the actual story line is so compelling it doesn't matter too much.
I am not Thurston Hunger but I did get to watch the movie with him