The Prestige

4.40
    The Prestige
    2006

    Synopsis

    A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

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    Cast

    • Hugh JackmanRobert Angier / Gerald Root
    • Christian BaleAlfred Borden
    • Michael CaineCutter
    • Scarlett JohanssonOlivia Wenscombe
    • Rebecca HallSarah Borden
    • Andy SerkisAlley
    • David BowieNikola Tesla
    • Piper PeraboJulia McCullough
    • Jim PiddockProsecutor
    • Samantha MahurinJess Borden

    Recommendations

    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      The Prestige isn't art, but it reaps a lot of fun out of the question, How did they do that?
    • 80

      The New York Times

      Stuffed with hard-working actors, sleek effects and stagy period details, The Prestige, directed by Christopher Nolan from a script he wrote with his brother Jonathan, is an intricate and elaborate machine designed for the simple purpose of diversion.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      The Prestige does more than focus on magicians. It is so in love with the romance, wonder and ability to fool of stage illusion that it becomes something of a magic trick in and of itself
    • 80

      Washington Post

      Bale and Jackman inject their reliable charisma into two otherwise very cold fish. Okay, I'll say it: If you see only one magic-at-the-turn-of-the-century movie this year, make it this one.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      Has its moments.
    • 70

      Village Voice

      The result is a lopsided yet absorbing movie in which the director is less drawn to his main characters than to those on the periphery.
    • 63

      Chicago Tribune

      Many, I suspect, will fall for The Prestige and its blend of one-upsmanship and science fiction. I prefer "The Illusionist," the movie that got here first.
    • 58

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      If you can forgive some woeful casting and a plot that is as creakingly thin as an old staircase, you can enjoy director Christopher Nolan's The Prestige.

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