Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is a magician in early 1900's Vienna, who falls in love with a woman well above his social standing. When she becomes engaged to a Crown Prince, Eisenheim uses his powers to free her and undermine the stability of the royal house of Vienna.
A very surprisingly great movie from director Neil Burger. Edwarton Norton and Paul Giamatti both did terrific jobs, particularly with their accents. I'm hoping this performance will land Edward Norton another Oscar nomination. Rufus Sewell, whose previous work I am unfamilar with did a great job too as Crown Prince Leopold. Before watching this film, the friend I was watching it with posed the question to me, "what bad movie has Edward Norton done?" A very good question and the only answer I could come up with was Keeping the Faith, Think about it for yourself, it's pretty hard to figure out.
