The Illusionist

2010 [FRENCH]

Action / Animation / Drama / Family / Fantasy

14
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 134 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 37414 37.4K

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Plot summary

A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.

Director

Sylvain Chomet Photo
Sylvain Chomet

Top cast

Jacques Tati Photo
Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot
Paul Bandey Photo
Paul Bandey as Additional Voices
Tom Urie Photo
Tom Urie as Additional Voices
Jean-Claude Donda Photo
Jean-Claude Donda as The Illusionist / French Cinema Manager
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
734.04 MB
1280*688
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 1
1.47 GB
1920*1024
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by thisissubtitledmovies 8 / 10

a different experience

Sylvain Choment's latest film adapts a script by Jacques Tati. The film's unique style is only being shown in forty cinemas across the UK, its box office status falling behind the animated Pixar hit Toy Story 3.Those who are followers of Tati's work or loved Belleville Rendez-vous will inevitably be drawn to such as personal piece. As will those seeking out a different experience from Disney, Pixar and even Studio Ghibli animation. This film, however, may confuse or bore those who are looking for the usual Hollywood narrative. It is a shame the detail of this touching story will be overlooked by so many. KH
Reviewed by markgorman 7 / 10

Charm over content.

It was my great privilege to be invited to the world premiere of Sylvain Chomet's follow up to Belleville Rendez-Vous.Set in Edinburgh and produced by an old pal of mine, Bob Last, I had very high expectations indeed. Not least because it is not every day that one of the world's most beautiful cities (my own) would be caught in artful majesty for years to come. And indeed it was. Edinburgh is a real star of this charming but very slight movie.The city shimmers throughout, but the story sadly does not. It reminded me of a novel by Irish writer, William Trevor, called Felicia's Journey in which a young girl is taken into the trust of an older man. In that book (and subsequent film starring Bob Hoskins) and this, there is a slight air of seediness. (That's maybe going too far in the case of The Illusionist but the comparison was palpable for me.) Why the protection? What are the man's motives? I found it mildly uncomfortable. The fact is, in neither case are the intentions, apparently, anything more than protective; but somehow the feeling persists in both that all may not be as it seems.Belleville Rendez-Vous arrived on the film scene like a bolt from the blue. This, sadly, suffers from that difficult second film syndrome. It oozes class and charm from every pore. It looks sublime. But the story (a Jaques Tati cast off) fails to deliver. It simply does not have the muscle to sustain 90 minutes of screen time.A real shame because it has a great deal of merit.Heart? 8/10.Head? 6/10
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