Review of The Prestige (2006) by Enrica C — 28 Nov 2012

If there's a movie I'd like to see again for the first time, without knowking anything about it, this is it. Don't get me wrong, "The Prestige" holds itself up even if it's the 10th time you're seeing it: details are so dense that the more you'll watch it the more you'll pick up -- I've seen it 6+ times, but I still have doubts and questions that need an answer. And I still shiver every time I see it. I just love its twisted plot -- it's magical, tragic, sad, and really entertaining. This is one of the few movies I can still sit through for 2 straight hours. Magnetic. That's the word I'd use to describe it.

Christopher Nolan, along with his brother, adapted a wonderful book into a great movie. I love the way the movies keeps on floating from the past to the present, just back and forward -- and I love the fact that the story is set in 1899. -- And honestly, I could have not asked for a better cast: Jackman, Bale, Caine. And David Bowie as Tesla. They just all gave a great interpretation to all their characters. And Nolan is my new hero: this is the movie he directed that got me, not the Batman saga or Memento. This was such a difficult book to translate into a movie, and he did it in the most wonderful of ways. I love the feeling this movie leaves me with: it's somewhere between bitterness and sadness and disgust.

So it's the whole package that makes this movie so special. It's not just its story, it's more about the feeling this movie leaves yourself with: confused, but still with lots of very clear ideas about what was going on. And you'll keep on thinking about "The Prestige" for the years to come. I can't think about another movie that resembles "The Prestige", and it just got under my skin. Watch it and you'll understand. It's just too difficult to explain by words only. Recommended.