It’s All an Illusion

If you are in the mood to catch a movie this weekend, and Crank doesn’t quite do it for you, then check out The Illusionist.

In the film, Edward Norton plays Eisenheim, a stage magician who amazes the audiences of turn-of-the-century Vienna and draws the attention of Jessica Biel’s Sophie von Teschen, whom he almost immediately recognizes as his long lost childhood love, and that of her intended fiancé, Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell).

Needless to say, the prince isn’t too keen on Eisenheim awakening Sophie’s dormant feelings for him, or with their clandestine affair, and tasks Paul Giamatti’s Chief Inspector Uhl with exposing Eisenheim, while the magician prepares to execute his greatest illusion yet.

While a bit slow in the beginning, you will soon find yourself enraptured by The Illusionist. And you won’t care.

My Rating ***

Photo: Yari Film Group.