I feel cheated

Rating: 2/10 (8 December 2018)

This is a complete mess of a movie.
Not only it does not follow the plot of the book it is based on, it violates all principles of what should be ethical when generating a plot for a movie.
The mix of historic figures like Tesla and science fiction can NEVER be an acceptable resource, except for comedy or class C Sci-fi movies.
But not only it mixes "real" magic with science fiction in order to "explain" the plot, even with the science fiction component the plot does not make sense. A few things that should have happened for the plot to be plausible:

Tesla should be not only a genius, but also really dumb to sell (or give away?) a machine capable of teletransportation. cloning and/or duplicating objects that could make him millionaire just replicating gold.
Bales's character wife should be really dumb not to realize she was dealing with two brothers for YEARS
Angier had to test and calibrate the machine. That would have created SEVERAL clones of himself that were not immediately killed and had to be killed later and their bodies disposed. Quite unlikely they would accept that destiny easily.
If Angier was making 100 shows, he would have 100 bodies to dispose....which were never discovered before the final shown and neither after it, when police would have investigated.
It would require the machine to create not just a duplicate, but a person with all memories and same twisted thinking process as the original body.
Why would Bale's character send Angier to see Tesla, instead of ANYWHERE else? If the argument is because he KNEW Tesla was working on cloning or tele transportations so it would be credible, why wouldn't he suspect that was the trick when Angier came back with an improved trick?
Why is it that the two persons that drown die instantly and no attempt of resuscitation is made? They both could have survived and be revived, even with the limited knowledge of the time. The glass was broken just a few seconds after both lost consciousness. There have been people revived in REAL events after 40 MINUTES of immersion in water, and certainly it would be possible just a few seconds afterwards.

I watched the movie with interest, although it was confusing at times, it is clear that a lot of money, resources and acting power was used. But after it ended I felt cheated, the plot kills it.
It is not science fiction, it is not drama, it is not romance, it is a NOTHING. Waste of time.