| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Achievement in Art Direction Nathan Crowley (art director) Julie Ochipinti (set decorator) |
| Best Achievement in Cinematography Wally Pfister | |||
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by Christopher Nolan
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, DVD, Buena Vista)
(HDNet Movies)
Two magicians in turn-of-the-century London take personal rivalry to a new extreme. They sacrifice their families, have no qualms about theft and eventually resort to murder, all to be the best magician in town. It's a sickening display of selfishness and the two men deserved their fates. The screenplay tries to be clever, it's full of misdirection and utilizes a non-linear time structure, but becomes more absurd as it progresses. Eventually we are supposed to believe that the magicians are producing clones of themselves and rising from the dead. Christopher Nolan and David Fincher seem to be in competition to see who can make movies with the most unlikeable characters.
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