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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone


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Hollywood Reporter
Some laughter but little magic in by-the-book Las Vegas comeback tale.
Village Voice
Carell again plays oblivious in the fitfully inspired magician comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, but he doesn't play h...
Entertainment Weekly
Too cautious and unimaginative to bring off what a great magic trick - or comedy - should do: make us laugh out loud with su...
Salon Arts
Is this really what the audience wants? A deliriously unhinged setup and larger-than-life characters, abruptly devolving int...
Chicago Sun-Times
Welcome back, Hilarious Jim Carrey. We've missed you.
Chicago Tribune
The typical gags involve burnt flesh and the sight of someone pretending to crush a puppy to death. It's not a comedy; it's ...
New York Daily News
Like a creaky Vegas act desperate to please, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is so eager you can't help wanting to like it. ...
Rolling Stone
Magicians have been pulling rabbits out of hats for ages. And yet, with all this talent, no one can make a decent script mat...
Los Angeles Times
Calling it The Mildly Diverting Burt Wonderstone would have been more accurate, but how many tickets is that going to sell?
Wall Street Journal
Did the producers appeal to a denominator even lower than common by making their film as dumb as possible, or did it just tu...
The New York Times
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone can't transcend the fundamental problem built into movies and television shows about magic. ...
USA Today
Perhaps it's a magical disappearing humor act that afflicts this throwaway.
Slate
It's a long, limping slog from the halfway point to the finish line, even if the actors have built up enough goodwill by the...
The Boston Globe
Burt Wonderstone is a lazy, underwritten imitation Will Ferrell movie.
San Francisco Chronicle
It's as if Carrey has been waiting, through a series of bland and corny showcases, to find a role that doesn't derail or div...
New York Post
A veritable festival of bad toupees and repeated gags that just lie there, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone runs a bit more t...
Washington Post
A generic, fitfully funny mainstream comedy that doesn't nearly get the best from its name-brand players but doesn't qualify...
Total Film
Carell and Carrey shine like sequinned suits in a comedy that allows them endless fun with the dressing-up box. More narrati...

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Partial Film Information

Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Jonathan Goldstein
Studio: New Line Cinema
Cast: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde

Release: March 15, 2013
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