After like the 8th viewing I still love it

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2020)

If I watched this for the first time today I may feel differently. But I've loved this movie for a while and after seeing it again I went back and updated from 9 to 10 stars. There are a handful of movies that do not live up to the hype I placed on them when I was younger and when I rewatch a movie I usually expect to come away less excited about it than I was before. But I didn't get that with The Prestige. It has a couple of small imperfections and if you don't buy the Tesla mysticism I can see it being a dud. But I feel it's masterful. The exposition is well executed, the twist isn't cheap, I think the story is both engaging and well told. The story does jump back and forth but I've seen the movie enough to know what's going on.
Anyway, I'm still impressed with this movie. Although I do have to turn subtitles on a couple of times to understand what's being said.