The Illusionist is a superb movie.

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2007)

Besides my amazement at Edward Norton's range, and the magnificence of the whole movie, I was mesmerized at the location because I was in Prague attending a conference at the castle of Liblice in the early seventies, and visited another castle with the hall full of mounted antlers of the hunt trophies where so many of the scenes were filmed. Of all the Edward Norton movies I have watched I think this is by far his masterpiece of acting. If you have ever been in Prague you will have no difficulty understanding the customs of the time, the theme of the story. Paul Giamatti also was superb, quite another amazing range after roles he has played like Sideways The score was excellent and the performance of the Czech Philharmonic was superb.