Just didn't do it for me...

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2009)

A dark fairytale about a magician of extraordinary ability and his childhood sweetheart, now a duchess set to marry an evil prince. Part story of forbidden love, part investigation into the magician's secrets.
Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into this movie. Edward Norton, Jessica Biel & Co. adopt silly fake European accents. Paul Giamatti was alright, I guess. I just wasn't feeling this film from the start. (Maybe I was having an off day...) The movie gets a little more interesting as it takes an eerie turn.
For an alternative magician mystery, I'd recommend Christopher Nolan's THE PRESTIGE (oddly also released in 2006).