FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
The Prestige
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Scores
- IMDb8.5/10as of 2026-02-21
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer77%as of 2026-01-16
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.1/10as of 2021-10-10
- Metacritic66/100as of 2026-01-16
What it is
The Prestige is a 2006 science fiction mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest. Set in Victorian London, the film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as stage magicians who compete to create a superior teleportation illusion.
At a glance
- Genres
- Mystery / Thriller / Fantasy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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