Illusion Reviews

No doubt the director worked with what he could get, and was extremely fortunate that he could get an icon of the screen to bless his project.

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One of the worst dramas I have ever seen. In fact, this movie is so dramatically inept that I wanted to tear my eyeballs out.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: 0.5/4

Unavoidably, there are some sugary moments and clichés such as rain-soaked kisses and outlandish "artistic" stage performances, but [Illusion] keeps hold of that just-another-day-in-Hollywood feeling.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: 3/5

There's a sincerity to the filmmaking here that's at times quite touching: Illusion presents a portrait of true love that's as picture perfect as the sunny spring garden in which we see Isabelle.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: 2.5/4

Several of its transitions are glaringly contrived, and its morality tale never quite comes together to be the shattering spiritual experience it wants to be.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: C+

It's a joy to see Kirk Douglas on screen again. That's not quite enough to make this...recommendable, but it's a reason you might want to take a look at it despite the flaws.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: C

Douglas does his best acting while watching and reacting to what he sees on screen. If this ends up being his cinematic swan song, it will not have been a bad way to go.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: 2.5/4

Filmmaking at its most sappy.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: C-

The unabashed melodrama of the flashbacks and present-day climax can't compete with the theatrical oomph provided by Douglas and Marasco...at the picture's spine.

Comment | Original Score: 2.5/4

Ironically, for a movie about the film business, Illusion is shot on grungy video and looks terrible.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: 2/4

You don't want to miss this little gem of a film.

Full Review | Comment | Original Score: 3/4

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