Critic's Rating:
Cast: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin
3/5
Cast: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin
Direction: Don Scardino
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Story: Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton, partners in stage magic and friends since childhood, find themselves in a rut, drifting apart. Thanks to competition from a street magician and Burt's own humongous ego, their signature act and decade-long partnership ends....badly. Do they recover from the bad spell or lose the magic their friendship had?
Movie Review: A headlining cast like this is enough to convince you to buy a seat for this one. But as it turns out, not enough to keep you in it. The story is a truly plain connect-the-dots, its execution neither dazzling you with a spellbinding screenplay, nor keeping you enthralled with the illusions on display.
Carell, going by his regular standards, feels like an extension of his character, Burt Wonderstone. We've seen it all, there's nothing new on offer. Ditto with Carrey, who, as Steve Gray (modelled on David Blaine?) is the slapstick will-do-anything-crazy to Carell's monotonous all-too-subtle deadpan.
It is Alan Arkin as ageing magician and Burt's inspiration Rance Halloway, coming a little too late into the second half, who brings a rare grace, refreshing candour and understated chutzpah to the otherwise soul-less premise. He is the catalyst who drives the film forward.
For a comedy, it's a little underwhelming. The magic tricks are more shock, less awe. Not as incredible or magical as one would expect. Could do a lot better.
Resource:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/english/The-Incredible-Burt-Wonderstone/movie-review/18953227.cms
Movie Review: A headlining cast like this is enough to convince you to buy a seat for this one. But as it turns out, not enough to keep you in it. The story is a truly plain connect-the-dots, its execution neither dazzling you with a spellbinding screenplay, nor keeping you enthralled with the illusions on display.
Carell, going by his regular standards, feels like an extension of his character, Burt Wonderstone. We've seen it all, there's nothing new on offer. Ditto with Carrey, who, as Steve Gray (modelled on David Blaine?) is the slapstick will-do-anything-crazy to Carell's monotonous all-too-subtle deadpan.
It is Alan Arkin as ageing magician and Burt's inspiration Rance Halloway, coming a little too late into the second half, who brings a rare grace, refreshing candour and understated chutzpah to the otherwise soul-less premise. He is the catalyst who drives the film forward.
For a comedy, it's a little underwhelming. The magic tricks are more shock, less awe. Not as incredible or magical as one would expect. Could do a lot better.
Resource:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/english/The-Incredible-Burt-Wonderstone/movie-review/18953227.cms
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