The Prestige is an excellent movie no doubt about it. The production design - the sets, the costumes, the magic, especially the magic - was superb, and the cast did their jobs masterfully. But what really matters in this movie (and I guess it *is* tied in to the acting) is the characters and plot. I became deeply invested in each of the characters, and as for the main duo in specific, I couldn't decide whether to love or hate them, but that I felt the need to do so speaks volumes in of itself. The plot was also excellent, twisting and turning and flowing - until the very end, to explain I'll use an analogy from the movie: the big reveal at the end was like a magic trick the trick of which has been revealed, it loses its appeal, but the problem is that a movie isn't a magic trick, a movie must be able to reveal its secrets, and be all the better for it, and to a certain level, I think that's where The Prestige fails a little.
Review of The Prestige
