I will start this off saying that I am a huge fan of Ed Norton, I think he is one of the finest actors working today and find that he almost always gives an outstanding performance. I feel similarly about his costar Paul Giamatti as well, he is always good (but he will always be pig vomit to me). When I first started seeing previews for the Illusionist is was intrigued, I have always had a bit of a soft spot for magicians and the mysterious so it looked right up my alley.

The movie is good, not great but a good solid movie. To overly discuss it would spoil it so I wont. I would just like to add that the acting is good, it’s not Ed Nortons best work but he still puts in a solid performance. Mr. Giamatti on the other hand is at the top of his game and is a pleasure to watch. I was kind of ho-hum on Ms. Biels performance, I am not a huge fan of hers but she was good enough, definitely wasn’t bad. Rufus Sewell, who I feel looks uncannily like Vincent Gallo, makes for a good villain.

This is a movie that could easily be put off until you see it on DVD but if it looks like something that you would like I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend going and checking it out.