Great period piece

Rating: 9/10 (4 September 2006)

This film may not be for everyone, it is very low keyed and some may say predictable, but it worked just great for me. The cinematography is great, the re-creation of the period in Vienna, the castles, city streets, the theaters, and the people all added to my enjoyment of the film. But it was the acting that really made this movie work for me. Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell and Jessica Biel all made this a wonderful turn of the century piece. The characters were all well developed and each one was convincingly believable. All in all it was one of the better films I have seen this year, it was imaginative and thought provoking, a good film for mature audiences.