The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
This movie feels like it should’ve come out in the ’80s, but it probably would’ve sucked then, too. Steve Carell stars as the title character, a Vegas magician who does a Siegfried & Roy-type show with his childhood friend and current stage partner (Steve Buscemi). Not only does Burt have a falling out with his partner, but he also gets stiff competition from a Criss Angel/David Blaine type played by Jim Carrey. Had the movie put the Carrey character as the focus, it probably would’ve been better. He gets a few good laughs as a human piñata and when he intentionally drills a hole in his head. But whenever the film deals exclusively with Burt’s fall from grace, it’s a straight-up dud. Olivia Wilde actually gets more laughs than Carell in this movie, so that’s a problem.
By Bob Grimm
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Credits
Director:
- Don Scardino
Cast:
- Steve Carell
- Steve Buscemi
- Olivia Wilde
- Jim Carrey
- James Gandolfini
- Alan Arkin
- Jay Mohr
- Michael Herbig
- Mason Cook
- Luke Vanek
- Zachary Gordon
- Richard Wolffe
- Erin Burnett
- Brad Garrett
- David Copperfield
- Fiona Hale
- Sonya Eddy
- Ron Ostrow
- Joshua Erenberg
Producers:
- Chris Bender
- Steve Carell
- Jake Weiner
- Tyler Mitchell
- Diana Pokorny
- Vance DeGeneres
- Charlie Hartsock
- J.C. Spink
- Richard Brener
- Walter Hamada
- Dave Neustadter
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