The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt';s growing ego. But lately the duo';s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they';ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there';s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act—both onstage and off—if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.
20 July 1985, Wheeling, Illinois, USA
25 July 2000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
1 October 1957, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 December 1999
29 September 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 May 1922, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
31 March 1983, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
9 August 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 December 1957, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
10 January 1985, Naila, Bavaria, Germany
19 October 1982, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
26 March 1934, New York City, New York, USA
7 February 1926, New York, USA
17 June 1967, Concord, California, USA
10 February 1960, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
June 25, 2013
A painfully tedious and unpleasant comedy completely void of any laughs.
March 15, 2013
This comedy about a magician who must hit bottom before rising again to the wonder of his beloved craft pulls plenty of sweet moments and a slew of laughs out of a story that might have been thin air.
April 18, 2016
Refreshingly single-minded in its aim to entertain, Wonderstone has no social agenda, no artistic aspirations, no enduring lessons - other than, perhaps, the universality of lifelong friendship.
June 25, 2013
Don Scardino's The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a middling and extremely dated comedy that only gets by because of Jim Carrey's over-the-top performance.
April 14, 2016
Flawed, but its affability is undeniable.
March 15, 2013
The true comeback story in this fictional comeback story doesn't belong to a character named Burt Wonderstone, but to an actor named Jim Carrey.
March 15, 2013
This may be the kind of semi-bad, semi-inspired comedy that could not only stand repeated viewings but perhaps improve with them.
August 11, 2013
...a serious disappointment that squanders its setup and talented cast...
March 15, 2013
A veritable festival of bad toupees and repeated gags that just lie there, "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'' runs a bit more than an hour and a half but seems much longer - like it had been edited down at the last minute.
June 25, 2013
A slow, humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10-minute sketch than a feature film.
March 15, 2013
A generic, fitfully funny mainstream comedy that doesn't nearly get the best from its name-brand players but doesn't qualify as a desecration, either.
