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Release Date: Aug 18, 2006
Running Time: 109 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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Set in early 20th-century Vienna, a stage magician uses his magic to win back the great love of his life from a brutal enemy, her fiance, who is also the powerful crowned prince of Austria.
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PETER TRAVERS -
February 1, 2007
Since most Hollywood movies released early in the year basically suck (anyone for Code Name: The Cleaner?), the trick is to find a good DVD and kick back with it. The Illusionist fills the bill. This achingly romantic fable of magic, love and politics, set in Vienna circa 1900, curls around you like a smoke ring. Better yet, the DVD transfer is so good it enhances the film's allure. Writer-director Neil Burger, adapting the short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist," by Steven Millhauser, shows a…
Elusive and stunningly rich, The Illusionist—with its big-budget look and indie sensibilities—is a haunting romance wrapped in an enigma.
PETER TRAVERS -
August 3, 2006
This elegant fable of art, love and politics is set in Vienna circa 1900, all thoughts of Freud being strictly intentional. The Illusionist curls around you like a smoke ring, which only enhances its mysterious allure. Writer-director Neil Burger, who stirred things up promisingly in 2002's Interview With the Assassin, shows a magician's knack for indirection. It's a talent that comes in handy in this tantalizing film adaptation of the short story Eisenheim the Illusionist, by Pulitzer Prize…
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