The Illusionist
A magician and the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Crown Prince Leopold of Vienna, vie for a woman's love; Duchess Sophie von Teschen.
19 May 1992, England, UK
8 February 1944, Prague, Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
28 January 1958, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
6 June 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
30 November 1943, Berlin, Germany
12 July 1972, Westminster, London, England, UK
1 March 1948, Wales, UK
1968, Camden, London, England, UK
24 November 1990, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
March 27, 2011
If nothing else, The Illusionist is worth watching solely for Giamatti's Oscar-caliber performance.
February 28, 2007
With exquisite performances (Giamatti's, in particular), it leaves you thrillingly hovering, happily uncommitted to any one interpretation.
September 01, 2006
The story may be less than credible, but the performances are mostly good, and Giamatti makes an especially strong showing.
July 24, 2010
A wonderful period film first and secondarily an interesting mystery-romance that keeps you guessing about the big questions until late in the narrative.
January 16, 2013
Dark, dazzling turns by Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel makes it achingly romantic.
October 18, 2008
The line between truth and illusion is blurred so persuasively that for a moment or two, you may even believe that a romantic costume drama could stand up to all those special-effects blockbusters in the dog days of summer.
February 03, 2007
You may be temporarily beguiled, but not fooled.
May 15, 2011
A fond animated farewell to Jacques Tati
January 22, 2010
Unabashedly old-fashioned and fantastically pulpy.
September 01, 2006
Conjures up a world of mystery, romance and suspense.
July 07, 2010
Norton and Paul Giamatti perform wonders, but writer/director Neil Burger ruins the magic, exposing all of his story's tricks by the end.
October 26, 2006
What (director Neil) Burger and his colleagues have done is to entrance us with a richly acted, beautifully produced story.
