We went to see The Prestige (*** Good) this afternoon. It was good. The story could have been written by Poe, but it was co-written by Christopher and Jonathon Nolan, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The Nolan brothers were also responsible for the movie "Memento".
The story reminded me of the movie Amadeus in spirit, but not in detail. Two men (Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman) are good at their art, but one is not quite as gifted as the other and therefore the lesser illusionist is jealous of the other.
Their competition lasts a lifetime, and the story revolves around one great trick that involves disappearing from one spot and reappearing in another. This is a darker story than "The Illusionist", but a better one, I think; although, Edward Norton in The Illusionist gave a much better performance than either Christian Bale or Hugh Jackman did in The Prestige.
The NY Times liked it.