Fresh off its nomination for Best Animated Feature, The Illusionist hits Portland.
The Illusionist
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The Unconvincing Illusionist
There are a lot of theatrics and melodrama in The Illusionist, a period mystery focusing on a morose magician, Eisenheim (Edward Norton), and the dutiful police chief assigned with breaking him down, Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti). Those theatrics are fitting, it seems—in a movie about the fantastic, some level of overblown fuss is required, […]