The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) - Starring Steve Carrell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin. Written by Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daly. Directed by Don Scardino. Rated PG-13. Available on DVD.
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is anything but incredible. It is instead quite lackluster. There is quite a bit of comedy missing from this film. Most of the jokes revolve around the characters doing weird things and then other characters reactions to these things, which grows tiresome. Especially tiresome are Carrey's character's David Blaine-like antics. They are slightly (and by slightly, I mean barely) amusing in the beginning, but almost become annoying. And that's disappointing because this good cast is utterly wasted. It doesn't help that most of them seem like they're phoning their performance in. The concept of magicians, which could've have been cool, just seemed like a diversion for standard character development and plot advancement. It could've been much better, but it wasn't.
Rating: 2 out of 5.
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