The Prestige - Reviews

...has just about everything I require in a movie about magicians...

Odd, but brilliantly so. It's a small film that feels big, a period drama that looks modern, defying comparison to anything but Nolan himself.

...a visually stunning, startlingly clever sleight of hand that will have audiences pondering well after the lights go up.

It should come as no surprise that Nolan, working from Christopher Priest's novel, handles the plot's dense mechanics with Houdini-like grace and showmanship.

The magicians chase after control of their illusions, performances that fool audiences who want to be fooled.

... The Prestige's performances have a big-budget, larger-than-life robustness, with Bale and Jackman in particular remaining believably three-dimensional...

...when it ends you're going to want — and need — to watch it again.

...et storslået show-nummer uden den store dybde i dramaet.