Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Clevercell Very disappointing...

Steineded How sad is this?

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Kirpianuscus almost an rehabilitation of animation. warm, soft, delicate, touching. the animation of a beautiful grace, convincing message, charming characters, the old fashion animation. so, a revelation. because it propose a small story about kindness, sacrifice, joy and meaning of life. nothing new. nothing complicated. only a trip across images from past with the desire to reinvent the value of old virtues. an artist and a meeting. and the flavor of Bernard Tati's films. crumbs from movies with Charlot. and the smile with its bitter nuances. The Illusionist is only a challenge. for remind. for rediscover. for understand. or for to dream. because it has the precious gift to be pure story. not spectacular. not surprising. only modest tribute to the art of a great director. and window to a world who could seems be lost.

areatw This film is only 1hr 20min long but it felt like I'd been sat watching it all day. Talk about dull. Yes, the animation is pretty and it's nice to look at but that's just about the only thing going for it.It moves at a tediously slow pace, taking an eternity for any kind of development in the storyline. Perhaps this is because they needed to pad out such a shallow story to make it into a movie? It could have been over and done with in 15 minutes, instead the viewer is made to sit through one pointless scene after another and then another...I found myself dozing off 2 or 3 times during the film, and as soon as it finished I was out like a light. Anybody who can stay awake after watching this can consider it an achievement.

SnoopyStyle In 1959 Paris, Tatischeff's old magic tricks with his vicious chubby white rabbit are not exciting the crowds anymore. He is slowly losing jobs and working in worst venues. Performing in London, he accepts an invitation to a remote Scottish island. He befriends Alice. He moves on to Edinburgh and is followed by Alice who thinks he possesses real magic.There is a melancholy feel throughout this movie punctuated by moments of charming light comedy. The magician's world is slowly fading away. It does take something out of you. The animation is old fashion. It is very touching and full of lost. This is a sad poignant movie.

pmoonoak I must admit my cinematic prejudice up front: I prefer the faster pace of most American films. Having seen 'Belleville,' I was prepared for a) a visual masterpiece of hand-made animation, and b) the glacial tempo and somber mood of 'The Illutionist.' The characters mumble their way through a plot stretched so thin it becomes tedious. The minute details of travel, hotel rooms, and the streets of Scotland's capital are rendered so beautifully it almost makes up for the melancholy and ultimately deflating story. And I have to add, in all honesty, that many French films I've seen do not seem to know how to complete themselves, with awkward and abrupt endings that leave me dissatisfied. So it is with this film: lovely to look at, but little happens to engage my yearning for robust storytelling.