Just mindblowing. It's strange watching it the second time round knowing the secrets but it's a completely different but delightful experience. I do wish that I could watch films like these with fresh eyes sometimes though. Nolan's a genius. Simple.

"Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts."

The Pledge:
You might think this is yet another ordinary movie about the extraordinaire: magicians.
Don't be fooled. Pay close attention to every minor detail, or none at all, if you so wish.

The Turn:
Nolan transforms the extraordinary into something even better, something almost elusive to the normal viewer. His style, story, cinematography, writing, score is, as always, exceptional.

The Prestige:
Together with the great performances by Bale, Jackman and Caine, you will have witnessed "The Prestige" first hand by the end of the movie and it's simply amazing.

10/10 - Nolan does it again. A masterpiece in every regard. Worth watching many times.

"Are you watching closely?"

Highly entertaining flick with a lot of suspense and plot twists along the lines of Nolan's "Memento" make Prestige a great movie! Mainly the double-crossing of the "Transported Man" trick is a superb idea: while Borden only uses a (perfect) double / assistant (which has to cut off some of his fingers to be as identical as Borden himself as possible), Angier uses a machine to clone himself, which forces him to kill his "double" after every performance of the trick. This leads to the situation that both magicians are not only incapable of finding out how the rival does the trick but also to the fact that in the end both die because of the repercussions of the trick: Borden is (falsely) accused of killing Angier (after the death of one of Angier's clones is blamed on Borden) and hanged for the crime while Angier is shot by Borden's assistant / double as the only means to save the Borden's daughter from being raised by Angier.

One of my favourites movies... when it ended I couldn't stop thinking about what the hell was going on, and I had to re-watch some scenes and started looking on internet others reactions and theories about the ending...

Really good movie!

Honestly. I get what the movie was going for but... it is way too simplistic. The whole science part of it was seriously underwhelming. And the characters motives for doing what they do, seems a bit flimsy after a while. The acting is also not the greatest. And I expected much more from the twist as well. Funnily enough the twist is exactly like they say in the movie, too simple.

The science stuff and the magic is unfortunately what could have made this movie super interesting, and it is barely explored. Disappointing.

I was enjoying this all the way through, thought it was pretty solid. A few twists and turns came, I thought them rather predictable, but still, I was getting ready to rate this a solid 8/10. Then the final twist came and I blurted out a loud "holy shit."

Masterful. Simply masterful. I wish I could watch it for the first time again.

A movie about rivaling magicians staring Batman, Wolverine and Black Widow. What's not to love? Seeing it again with the twists known only make this better.

I had already seen The Illusionist and enjoyed that film but I know several others that said that this was an even better movie. About halfway through the movie I wasn't quite sure. The movie was a study in human aspiration and revenge and I always find that interesting. What really made the movie was a series of plot twists with a backdrop of the mystical. As Michael Caine tells you in the opening, watch very closely.

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Decent but overrated. Plot got a bit stupid just to be complex. Where did angier get his Lord mansion and money from? Did he get a wooden leg at some point? If Alfred's secret was being a twin why did he mention Tesla at all? Why did Tesla coincidentally have a machine that makes a double? Why did he just give the machine away and vanish? This movie dressed up the stupidity well. It was a trick in itself. Some of characters made some very odd and unbelievable moral decisions. Some of the acting was awful. Especially Bowie. Caine was good. The plot twists were predictable.

great movie. you have to be very concentrate to watch all the small details. and is even awesome when you watch the second time

the guy who made this movie and the cast are good, they should try acting as their career.

“Are you watching closely?” From visionary director Christopher Nolan comes the fascinating psychological thriller The Prestige. A competition between two magicians turns deadly as their obsession with perfecting their craft spirals out of control. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Scarlett Johansson, the performances are quite impressive. And the writing is very good; particularly in its character building, and the way that it incorporates its themes of obsession and illusion. However, the plot is dark and cheats a bit. Imaginative and well-crafted, The Prestige is a captivating thriller.

Great acting, character development, and puzzles to solve. Would like to watch again years from now, knowing how each man's trick worked, and keeping that in mind as I watched.

Bale and Jackman's on-screen rivalry makes for compelling watching, but The Prestige shows too many of its cards too soon, making for a predictable final (or rather, prestige) act.

Nolan's best work for me.

watched the prestige recently and i'm down to recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it, great movie

Use Tesla's name to promote something "mystical"?! Really!? The idea is OK, but for a movie about tricks, introducing something unrealistic just spoils what could be a nice ending.