Suspend Disbelief...Then Enjoy

Rating: 6/10 (28 January 2018)

Magic requires suspension of disbelief.
Disbelief that Telsa invents a transportation machine, but the transported items are really clones of the original. So what happens to the original? "A little bit more work and I'll have that solved" says Telsa. We must belief that Angier (Hugh Jackman) drowns himself every perfprmance so his clone can instantly appear on the balcony?
Disbelief that Borden (Christian Bale) is hanged for a murder he did not commit. The final scene shows all the Angier clones drowned in their watertanks. The cops never checked backstage, to figure out Angier killed himself? Not even the Judge, who asked for a private disclosure of the magic trick during the trial?
So where is the magic? The magic is that the movie is really interesting and entertaining, as long as the viewer suspends all possible disbelief.
The price of the ticket is worth just seeing Scarlett Johansson in the low-bosom-cut period dress. Her figure is magic all by herself.