Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Wizard-8 The core idea of this movie - two washed-up individuals struggling to make a big comeback - is a sound one, even though it's been done by many other films before. Though being about magicians does give this telling some freshness. The supporting cast members come off the best, giving some much needed life to the movie and a few chuckles. Though it's Jim Carrey (an actor I normally can't stand) who delivers the biggest laughs of the movie, with his Criss Angel- like character taken to some hilarious extremes. Most of the movie, however, focuses on the Steve Carell character, and that's where there's a big problem. Carell's character for most of the movie is very off-putting and unlikable, and because of that, most of his scenes are simply not very funny. In fact, much of the rest of the movie isn't that funny; there's a surprisingly low energy feeling for the most part, where it seems that everyone involved was afraid to get really silly. This is most evident at the climax, which should have been zanier and over the top in nature. As I said, there are some chuckles and even a few genuine laughs, but for the most part this is a movie you watch with silence for the most part. It passes the time, but you'll forget about it a few hours afterwards.

CowherPowerForever My review of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone contains some light spoilers. Read at your own risk. This review will also contain a small review of the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack. So look out for that in the last paragraph.To find a comedy in today's times that is downright fantastic and have you laughing hard continuously is almost impossible to find. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is the film that rolls along once and awhile and chances the average to bad comedies Hollywood usually gives us. Jim Carrey is comedy gold in this film, stealing every scene he is in. From top to bottom this movie is easily worth your time and money as I will get more into details in the following paragraphs. This is my review of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.The story is fairly straight forward. Burt Wonderstone and his friend Anton Marvelton become a famous Las Vegas magician duo. After being in the business for so long, a newer type of magician comes along, Steve Gray. Steve Gray is basically the Criss Angel of the film. He does incredibly insane stunts and calls it magic. Jim Carrey is downright fabulous as Steve Gray, and he really steals the show. I won't go into deep detail of some of the stuff he does, but when you see his character come on screen, be prepared for some downright hilarious stuff. So once this Steve Gray becomes more popular he drives out most of the business that Wonderstone and Marvelton had at Vegas. So they decide to break it off after a failed heat box trick that failed horribly, only to come back later in the film and reunite to try and get a gig at a new magic house in Vegas.The comedy from Steve Carrell, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey, and even the late great James Gandolfini(may he rest in peace) is downright side splitting. The movie is very quick, with a runtime of just about ninety five minutes(without credits). It however keeps your interest very strong because there is so much great comedy in this film. Even when the plot slows down in parts towards the end, the comedy brings some much needed energy to the film. The actors also gel very well together, thus making the comedy that much better.Overall, this is easily one of my favorite comedies in recent years. With just fantastic comedy, side splitting as I mentioned above, this film will easily leaving you wanting more. If you are a fan of the recent comedies with a bunch of low brow humor, then this film is likely not for you. If you want a more thinking person's comedy, with great mocking of present day magicians, then this is easily a comedy for you.8/10 Finally, I will go over some of the special features for this film on the Blu-Ray/DVD/ Ultraviolet Combo Pack. There are two featurettes on this Blu-Ray. The first is Steve Gray UNCUT, and that runs at almost nine minutes long. The second is Making Movie Magic with David Copperfield, and that runs just over eight minutes long. There is also a gag reel that runs just over four minutes. Finally, there are deleted/extended scenes from the movie that runs just over twenty six minutes. So, overall, the special features are very light for a Blu-Ray. Sure the movie wasn't a massive hit at the box office, but if I'm going to spend extra money on a Blu-Ray I would like at least an hour of extra features. So, in closing, the special features gets a very low 3 out of 10.

Vi Wrath OK, only part way through flick, but is it supposed to be a comedy? I see two main characters are comedian type actors, but so far haven't seen anything humorous. Possibly my age is a factor, but I have found humor in W.C. fields's work and as far as 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force', so, perhaps this is a life time movie of the week? My review is ; "really?" And, "why".OK, as a bonus, "sad".May we ask our selves why a review has to be ten lines? And, why do we think this movie kind/type of comedy is "funny"'? I have no answer, sorry.

Robert J. Maxwell There have been quirky movies about improbable subjects before and they could be very amusing. "Something About Mary" comes to mind. This is a quirky comedy about two childhood buddies who grow up and become a magic act. They play the big time for ten years, then split up, then come together again for a triumphant ending. It has competent actors, some, like Alan Arkin, positively lovable. But there is no pigeon beneath the handkerchief. Oh, maybe just an egg. Unfertilized.It's often hard to tell why a comedy fails but, to begin at the beginning, the jokes and outrageous situations really aren't very funny. The manager of the show is threatening to let them go because their act is stale, and newcomers like Jim Carrey have shed their blood along with their show-biz costumes and props. A chronicle of the times. If it bleeds, it leads.Having made that point, I'm now beginning to wonder if I made a big mistake. Maybe the movie isn't about magic acts at all, but a subtle critique of America's moral, aesthetic, intellectual, and cultural decline. A celebrity's DUI arrest gets more hits than a Supreme Court decision.Well, never mind that. Steve Carrell has some good moments as an amateur magician grown materialistic and pompous. Before he permits a beautiful groupie to join him in a bed the size of an Olympic swimming pool he has her sign an agreement that she is free of disease, will not sue him, will make no claim on any future pregnancy, and is over eighteen.But when he and his fellow magician, Steve Buscemi, as weird as ever, try to out-do their competition by being hoisted over Las Vegas in a plexiglass cage and holding their water for three days, the plexiglass room falls apart piece by piece. The audience on screen gasps with horror. The audience in the theater nods out. It sounds funny. It SHOULD be funny. But it's not original and not well done. The dialog, which might have looked good on the page, doesn't help much either.Steve Carell hits his marks and says his lines. Buscemi is there to aid him but disappears from the screen for a longish period. Jim Carrey stands out as the evil competitor. Olivia Wilde, as the Magician's Assistant, isn't given much to do but she's so stunningly beautiful in a modelesque way that she gets a pass. The most memorable moment in the movie is when she appears on stage for the first time and I got a glimpse of her sublime figure. Alan Arkin is marvelous as the old professional, now in a home for the aged. He flubs the trick of his final departure but the onlookers are cool with it and pretend they don't notice him scuttling under the hospital bed.