Expected to see a magic movie and I was blown away...

Rating: 9/10 (13 April 2007)

I went into this movie and for the first quarter of the movie, it was near my expectation, then the story and where the characters go with their intentions and plans just totally blew me away. Great effects, great acting and a wonderful story that is about magic but also about the magic of science in the early years of the industrial revolution.
I don't want to provide any spoilers so I will say, this movie may come off as weird to some and genius to others, but all in all it was well told, well executed and the production is very good. Some of the ideas, notions and magic of science in this film. Top notch acting, great mixture of characters. You will like this movie if you liked movies similar to Requiem for a Dream, The Illusionist, Donnie Darko, The Fountain, and film in the like.