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By Mase (32) on 01 Sep 2006

Highly watchable, yet seems to already be slipping from memory…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Sep 2006

The film's moody, dark palette and soft, inchoate backgrounds tend to lull the senses rather than actively engage the viewer…

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By Scott Nash (692) for Three Movie Buffs (692) on 01 Sep 2006

Intriguingly well acted, The Illusionist is a solid, if not spectacular movie…

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By S.p. (12) on 01 Sep 2006

It's been awhile since Hollywood has produced such an intelligent film. Paul Giamatti was superb and Ed Horton believable…

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By Carol Cling (198) for Las Vegas Review-Journal (433) on 31 Aug 2006

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Aug 2006

The less said about the twists and turns The Illusionist takes, the better…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 31 Aug 2006

Like a good magician, Burger knows how to divert our attention while he works his magic…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 31 Aug 2006

While it has handsome production values and a talented cast, this is the type of shallow, vapid movie that tricks you into thinking it's better…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 31 Aug 2006

The story may be less than credible, but the performances are mostly good, and Giamatti makes an especially strong showing…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 31 Aug 2006

The picture feels like an entertaining short story, competently executed at undue length, and that's its origin…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 31 Aug 2006

The reason to see it is to see two fine American actors at the top of their game, and the lush production values…

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By Steve Crum (868) for Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers (80) on 30 Aug 2006

Coming near the close of a summer full of movie superheroes and remakes, 'The Illusionist' is a film buff's treat…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 30 Aug 2006

like a made-for-TV movie that asks nothing more of you than to figure out its own particular brand of slight-of-hand…

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By Steve Schneider (315) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 30 Aug 2006

You don't have to have spent more than five minutes in the presence of a professional magician to recognize that Edward Norton has their entire…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 29 Aug 2006

For a good while, The Illusionist is topflight entertainment ... [before] morphing into a mystery that's agonizingly easy to figure out…

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By Kim Voynar (107) for Cinematical (752) on 26 Aug 2006

Like a fun house mirror, Burger's story is never quite what you think it is; just when you think you have things figured out, you don't…

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By Danb. (52) on 26 Aug 2006

I'm no Paul Giamatti fan but he's particularly good in this. As is Rufus Sewell (I think that's his name) as the Crown Prince…

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By Nancyh. (18) on 26 Aug 2006

Loved this movie--the art direction and cinematography was great. Visually sumptious movie…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for Modamag.com (300) on 25 Aug 2006

This lavishly romantic tale of magic and mystery is utterly spellbinding, teasing and tantalizing you with the truth while juggling smoke and mirrors…

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By Janos Gereben (77) for Entertainment Insiders (294) on 25 Aug 2006

Director Neil Burger populates those splendid settings adequately, with individual performances filling in most of the small holes in the story…

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