Tesla would have laughed - an overrated movie

Rating: 6/10 (25 April 2007)

I approve of the way "The Prestige" engages viewers and makes them concentrate (there are too few such films lately), but it is too belabored for me. Cheats abound; for one, Fallon is never properly introduced as a character, and none of the characters displays any knowledge of the other except what is in the moment. Tesla himself would have laughed as he was aware of the law of conservation of matter and energy. The outcome is just wrong - both magicians should have ended up as the figurative "Man in the Box". It has some excellent moments and I like that it engaged the audience, but with its needlessly time-warped narrative, lack of characterization, and empty flash, it's something of a con.