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6 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
Perfect work of modern visual slapstick, 8 October 2001

Author: boox (a_boox@hotmail.com) from Tavier, Belgium

When I saw this film, I could not imagine how much it would respond to my cinematographic hunger. It is original, funny, inventive (it HAS to be: there are no dialogues at all), moving and perfectly acted. Everything I was expecting from cinema, this movie gave it to me. It is a real lesson of cinematic language. If you're nostalgic of Buster Keaton's and Chaplin's work, try to check this one out. One of my personal favorite.

8 out of 14 people found the following review useful:
Perfect work of modern visual slapstick, 8 October 2001

Author: boox (a_boox@hotmail.com) from Tavier, Belgium

When I saw this film, I could not imagine how much it would respond to my cinematographic hunger. It is original, funny, inventive (it HAS to be: there are no dialogues at all), moving and perfectly acted. Everything I was expecting from cinema, this movie gave it to me. It is a real lesson of cinematic language. If you're nostalgic of Buster Keaton's and Chaplin's work, try to check this one out. One of my personal favorite.

2 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Amusing and intriguing till the end., 13 March 2000
Author: Draughtsman from Netherlands

This film is a must-see for the fans of the stageshows of Freek de Jonge. The film contains scenes, which are very amusing, and some are quite surrealistic. What strikes me about this film is that there's no dialog at all, and so this standup-comedian has to keep the film going on visual only. In this he clearly succeeded and it makes the film intriguing till the end.

5 out of 17 people found the following review useful:
Can Be Properly Described in One Word: AWFUL, 29 September 2009

Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Yesterday I saw "De Wisselwachter" (a.k.a. "The Poinstman") and I found that feature an overrated boredom, with a different but uninteresting story that goes nowhere.

Today I have decided to give a second chance to the cult Dutch director Jos Stelling and see "De Illusionist" (a.k.a. "The Illusionist"), and what seemed to be impossible happened: this awful movie is worse than "The Poinstman"! The later movie has a storyline that resumes the whole story; therefore at least it is possible to write a short plot summary.

"The Illusionist" does not have even a storyline, and the reader may check that there is no synopsis in IMDb since there is no plot and no lines, only a collection of senseless images.

The most impressive is that this overrated flick was awarded in Netherlands Film Festival and in São Paulo International Film Festival inclusive with the prize of Best Feature. Honestly, what type of jury and audience could select this awful movie? My vote is one (awful and lowest IMDb User Rating).

Title (Brazil): "O Ilusionista" ("The Illusionist")

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