The Prestige (2006)

The Prestige rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.5/10· 1.6M votes

Rotten Tomatoes77%

Metacritic66%

TMDb8.208/10· 18K votes

With 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.5/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Prestige

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

Cast of The Prestige

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  Hugh Jackman

  as Robert Angier

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  Christian Bale

  as Alfred Borden

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  Michael Caine

  as Cutter

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  Piper Perabo

  as Julia McCullough

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  Rebecca Hall

  as Sarah

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  Scarlett Johansson

  as Olivia Wenscombe

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  Samantha Mahurin

  as Jess

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  David Bowie

  as Tesla

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  Andy Serkis

  as Alley

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  Daniel Davis

  as Judge

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  Jim Piddock

  as Prosecutor

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  Christopher Neame

  as Defender

The Prestige facts

Budget

$40M

Box office

$109.7M

Our take on The Prestige

Christopher Nolan spins a drama and mystery with a thread of science-fiction from the story of two magicians whose rivalry hardens into a lifelong contest for supremacy. What begins as professional competition curdles into obsession, deceit and jealousy, with dangerous and eventually deadly consequences. Nolan builds the film like a trick itself, with a folded timeline and misdirection that ask the viewer to watch closely, and a period setting that treats stage magic as both craft and compulsion. It rewards attention and a second viewing. It suits viewers who like intricate, coldly precise puzzles about ambition and the price men will pay to outdo each other.