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All teen and kid reviews for The Prestige

Age
12
Average rating based on 24 kid and teen reviews:
  • 42% say violence is an issue
Teen, 16 years old
April 25, 2009
 
scary, dark and not a movie to see if you're sad
I saw this movie when I was 10 and I was wayyy to young but even now it still scares me to think about. There is not a single "light" moment in the movie: people are shot and drowned and it's very disturbing to see his body floating in the water and a man cuts a finger off and birds are killed and crushed as part of a magic trick. All of this violence is all because to magicians are competing against each other and in the end, they are all dead.

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Teen, 14 years old
April 23, 2009
 
cool
this film was grim and weird but the acting was great!!!!!

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Teen, 16 years old
November 7, 2010
 
Great movie for Tweens and up.
This movie is very well written, and very well acted, though Scarlett Johansson's British accent if kind of flaky. There is no sexuality apart from the occasional kiss between couples. Violence is mild, a person gets shot in the chest, another gets their fingers blown off, and we see drowned bodies, but it's not scarring or disturbing in any way, it is only a brief glimpse. We also see someone about to get their fingers chopped off, but it's not actually shown, we only see the person's reaction. Characters lie and scheme a lot, they're not exactly good role models.

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Teen, 14 years old
August 3, 2009
 
great movie very confusing.
omg SOOOO CONFUSING! great movie but you understand nothing until the end. drowning people are shown multiple times, many shootings and 2 squashed doves.

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Teen, 17 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Teen, 16 years old
September 13, 2010
 
I didn't think this movie was very violent at all, but other people might think differently. This is one of the better movies that I have seen in a long time. Very well acted out, SOME violence, not too much swearing (just a bit here and there).

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Teen, 16 years old
February 18, 2009
 
Once you understand what happened, awesome!
This movie is well written and well acted. The first time I watched it, I was absorbed in the movie. It can be very confusing, but once you get it and say "I can't believe I didn't see that!" you will love it every time you watch it. Excellent job to Scarlett Johansson, Christian Bale, and Hugh Jackman! Parents be aware that things can get gruesome! Please review the violence and keep in mind the discussion topics of suicide, murder, incarceration, and magic. Great movie! Keep 'em comin'!

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Kid, 12 years old
May 26, 2009
 
Incredibly Well-Done, but not at all for kids.
To start off, I will say that this movie was BRILLIANTLY made. It really is an artistic masterpiece. It is very unique, looked at by many as being "Very wierd." I personally enjoyed the uniqueness of the movie, as the plot was like nothing I have ever seen before. It is very grim, very dark, and also rather sad. Extremely well acted, you really start to care about the characters. The violence was surprisingly very disturbing in certain scenes, and I would have to say that I think it could/should have been rated R. This is best reserved for teens fourteen and up, and I reccomend it HIGHLY to anyone that age and older who is willing to really use his/her mind while watching a movie, as they will need to do just that to understand what it going on.

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Teen, 14 years old
May 26, 2009
 
Incredibly Well-Done, but not at all for kids.
To start off, I will say that this movie was BRILLIANTLY made. It really is an artistic masterpiece. It is very unique, looked at by many as being "Very wierd." I personally enjoyed the uniqueness of the movie, as the plot was like nothing I have ever seen before. It is very grim, very dark, and also rather sad. Extremely well acted, you really start to care about the characters. The violence was surprisingly very disturbing in certain scenes, and I would have to say that I think it could/should have been rated R. This is best reserved for teens fourteen and up, and I reccomend it HIGHLY to anyone that age and older who is willing to really use his/her mind while watching a movie, as they will need to do just that to understand what it going on.

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Kid, 11 years old
May 26, 2009
 
Incredibly Well-Done, but not at all for kids.
To start off, I will say that this movie was BRILLIANTLY made. It really is an artistic masterpiece. It is very unique, looked at by many as being "Very wierd." I personally enjoyed the uniqueness of the movie, as the plot was like nothing I have ever seen before. It is very grim, very dark, and also rather sad. Extremely well acted, you really start to care about the characters. The violence was surprisingly very disturbing in certain scenes, and I would have to say that I think it could/should have been rated R. This is best reserved for teens fourteen and up, and I reccomend it HIGHLY to anyone that age and older who is willing to really use his/her mind while watching a movie, as they will need to do just that to understand what it going on.

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Teen, 16 years old
January 24, 2010
 
Love It!
This was a great movie! Love it! Hugh Jackman rocks!

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Teen, 16 years old
April 8, 2011
 
i rate this title IFFY for ages 14+
What to watch out for * Messages: Characters lie to each another incessantly, as well as commit murder and suicide; deception (in magic tricks and in audiences' desire to be fooled) as a theme. * Violence: Explicit deaths by hanging, gunfire, and drowning (all are only briefly shown, but it's clear enough what's going on); bodies (human and cat) zapped by electric currents; hand is shot, resulting in blood and missing fingers; fingers chopped off hand (as a sign of commitment and "sacrifice" to art/life of magic); fall through a trapdoor leads to injury and a permanent limp. * Sex: Some kissing and passionate embracing by a married couple and later by a different, adulterous couple; women in showy, bustiers on magicians' assistants; adultery. … * Language: Mild profanity: a couple of instances of "s--t," as well as "d--n" and "a-s." * Consumerism: Thematic: Magicians promote their own shows by crashing other magicians' shows with placards. * Drinking, drugs, & smoking: Drinking to the point of drunkenness (the result of frustration in neglected wife and ambitious magician).

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Teen, 17 years old
August 22, 2011
 
good movie, great ending ok for teens
The presiage is by one of the greatest dicartors ever christopher nolan and i didnt love it as much as i should have,but it's still good the ending is what really gets your attention my fave part of the movie, but its very dark, and viloget, and has no role models, still a good enough movie to watch the best ending i have ever seen.

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Teen, 13 years old
November 4, 2011
 
AMAZING!!!!!!!
Awesome movie!!!!! It is sooooooo good! It is very well done! There is a little bit of kissing. There is a pretty bloody part but its all part of the story. After you watch it watch it again and you'll see all the stuff you missed the first time!

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Suitable
I think this movie would be highly suitable for kids 10 and up. It was really good. There is some violence, but not throughout.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Waste of time.
This movie sucked. I hated it. I give it 0 stars. Obvious fake effects completely ruin the movie. It just was one of the worst movies ever. I was begging my mom to leave the theater after 30 minutes. I hated this freaking movie.

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Teen, 16 years old
April 9, 2008
 
Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great movie thats all there is to it!!!!!!!!

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Teen, 18 years old
April 9, 2008
 
huh?
This movie is confusing, dull, and very depressing. I had to re watch the ending a bunch of times for me to understand it. There are however some parts that are interesting like how they do their tricks which is what I gave it the one star for. Some parts are violent, and depressing including the midicians killing birds to make a trick work which I thought was sick. 13+

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