Review of The Illusionist (2009) by David Ray G — 07 Feb 2011
I don't know why, but Sylvain Chomet movies make me feel like a kid all over again, when everything was wondrous and new and I had no care in the world. A few years ago, when I watched The Triplets of Belleville on TV by accident, I knew some movies don't come around twice. There's such a reminiscing quality in Chomet's work.
The Illusionist is another sample of eternal animated cinematic grandeur, the beauty just goes on and on. Visually, but mainly the beauty of the story. It reminded me a bit of Silverstein's The Giving Tree - actually, more than a bit. The movie portrays greed and dissatisfaction and consumerism and loneliness, but at the same time, it portrays love and friendship and honor and gratitude.
So wonderful. Chomet is an artist first and a director after. Such detail goes into his work - such humanity. Like the Illusionist wrote to Alice in that note, "Magicians do not exist." But if this movie isn't magic, I don't know what it is. And you gotta love that rabbit.
This review of The Illusionist (2009) was written by David Ray G on 07 Feb 2011.
The Illusionist has generally received very positive reviews.
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