The Prestige
Two magicians forcefully go into a battle of supremacy and they do not just want outwit one another but to destroy.
26 November 1945, Gurdon, Arkansas, USA
8 April 1956, Rochester, Kent, England, UK
9 September 1955, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
24 August 1932, London, England, UK
12 September 1947, London, England, UK
8 January 1947, Brixton, London, England, UK
17 July 1960, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
5 April 1927, Shanxi Province, China
3 March 1986, Meriden, Connecticut, USA
31 October 1976, Dallas, Texas, USA
21 June 1999
3 May 1982, London, England, UK
November 20, 2008
Show me a director better suited for a movie about magic than Christopher Nolan and I'll show you... a magician?
April 17, 2008
"The Prestige" is a cinematic trick, nothing more, and the deadpan seriousness is part of the effect, and not an end in itself.
February 28, 2008
In a movie about people who make their livings on misdirection, The Prestige utterly forgets to employ its own.
August 28, 2009
Risible inanity
November 09, 2006
Not only does it tell you how it's all done, it takes so long about it that you've got time to look up its sleeves and work it out for yourself.
September 19, 2009
Until an inexplicably awful revelation at the end, The Prestige is a taut, exciting portrait of obsession and the dark competitive spirit of professional magicians.
October 25, 2006
Jackman and Bale give standout performances as rivals whose mutual obsession destroys all sense of perspective and ruins lives.
September 07, 2007
It's quite a movie -- atmospheric, obsessive, almost satanic.
April 23, 2009
Although the slowish pacing early on over-indicates how both magicians' marquee misdirection (a disappearing act) will be achieved, The Prestige still manages a neat trick of its own.
February 03, 2007
The who's-bilking-whom mind games make for compelling fun, but once the presto moment of The Prestige is revealed, you're left with nothing but shattered illusions.
October 25, 2006
The film is lavishly mounted, set-wise, costume-wise, makeup-wise and special-effects-wise. But the magicians themselves are cold and devious, and the chill permeates the whole film.
October 18, 2008
The film is never less than engaging, though considering that the title The Prestige refers to the moment in a magic act that gives it its "wow" factor, it's kind of a shame that the ultimate "reveal" in the movie is a little too tricky for its own good.
