The Prestige

[Vanilla]

Review/Discuss

[fmpro]

Great performances by Bale and Hugh..

Has Nolan all over it

[acsc1312]

I love this movie. It's in the clunk of Nolan movies that are great, but too hard to rank. Great performance from everybody actually. I really liked Rebecca Hall in this.A

[75Live]

I really enjoyed this movie. I thought everyone was good to very good in it. Didn't think I would enjoy as much as I did when i went to see it in the theater. I liked how they used actual historical figures in it as well to kind of tie it to the "real world"

A-

[CoolioD1]

I didn't like the Sci fi aspects at all, but aside from that I enjoyed. Christian Bale was especially REALLY good.

[Hatebox]

Man, I haven't watched this in a long time. I quite like the audacity of the sci-fi/fantasy final act, as divisive as it was. Apparently Tesla really did destroy a number of his inventions that never saw the light of day...... though whether one of them was a cloning device remains to be seen.

[IndustriousAngel]

Beautiful film, but (from my POV) it shares a problem with most of Nolan's others: A kind of coldness or distance to the characters so you can't really sympathise. Plus, the Tesla solution was 1.) stupid and 2.) should have been a surprise turn (like the twin solution) but was hinted at much too obviously.

Edited December 14, 2011 by IndustriousAngel

[Noctis]

^ I completely agree. Aside from The Dark Knight, there is something cold about his films. I've said that before. And it's partially due to Wally's cinematography.

[acsc1312]

And it's partially due to Wally's cinematography.

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[Captain Craig]

CIllusionist was better.Bale, Jackman & Nolan....should've been better.

[Dementeleus]

B+It's a film that gets better on repeat viewings. The first time I saw it, I had some issues with pacing and structure. The second time, you could see what Nolan was setting up (very carefully). It's also unusual (for a big studio film) to have 2 leads that are essentially unlikeable characters.

[American Eagle]

It's been a while since a movie gave me a headache. I've been watching a lot of comedies lately, and forgot what a Nolan film can do to you. This movie twisted me several times. I thought I knew the final twist, and yet it continued to wow and shock me. Bravo, Nolan.

Somewhere between A and A+.

[Noctis]

It's a good film with fine performances, but it never truly resonated with me.BIllusionist was better.

[redfirebird2008]

Gets better and better with repeat viewings. I'd give it a solid A.

[Squaremaster316]

Easily the best period piece/magician film of the year.  ****3/4 out of *****

 

The Illusionist was nothing more than a tired "true love" story that does absolutely nothing new with the cliched Romeo&Juliet trope, complete with stock characters and weak, predictable twists.

[luna]

fantastice labyrinth of a movie, almost struggled to get through it the first time. probably the trickiest of nolan's that i've seen.

 

7/10

[RobinHood26]

Just finished it for the first time, wow, Nolan you bastard. This is why I love you.

This film is just really well made so many layers to it. Its like 4 movies at once all coming together.

And Wally Pfister Is one of my favorites, too good.

A-

Edited May 18, 2015 by Jay Hollywood

[Leyla]

the only Nolan movie that I like

B

[vc2002]

My fav Nolan work. Hugh Jackman's performance is great.

[TheMovieman]

And Wally Pfister is my favorite DP, too good.

 

A- 

 

Really interested to see how he does in the director's chair with Transcendence starring some Nolan alums (Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Hall and Josh Stewart -- Bane's right-hand man in TDKR).