Tedious. Convoluted.

Rating: 6/10 (22 October 2006)

The movie was slow moving. Unduly complex, as the the competing magicians tried to outdo each other and learn the other's secrets. The audio was terrible as I had a hard time figuring out their mumbling diction. The movie was too long. It could have been finished in under 100 minutes.
The acting was good and the movie was well cast. Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson do a good job but Scarlett's fate was left unexplained and she just disappeared from the screen. The score was just mediocre and the direction could be a little crisper. Movies set in England in the 19th century have a dark hue which I suppose is required to depict the truth but it leaves me depressed.