A good trailer, an appealing cast (Mark Ruffalo, Melanie Laurent, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman - the actors playing the magicians whose exploits are the nominal centre of the film, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco, being less of the drawcards, but still a pretty good second-line) - it was enough, and particularly seeing as I was feeling that I should do something luxurious on my unexpected day off today. So anyway, it's a fun entertainment, perhaps inevitably in the shade of The Prestige, but nicely spectacular and plenty enjoyable.
