I saw The Illusionist at The Paris* theater over the weekend...
The animation was sweetly executed...
Quite depressing if you are, or ever were, a novelty act...
... Especially the part where the ventriloquist becomes a drunken bum, and his dummy can't even be given away at the local pawn shop...
* The 586-seat Paris theater is one of the oldest art houses in the United States. According to The New York Times.