The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Reviews
San Francisco Examiner
Carrey is the movie's ace up its sleeve. He's at his frighteningly manic best. If the Academy ever considered awards for comedies released in March, Carrey certainly deserves one.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Normally, this type of comedy would be a fun, forgettable ride. But these days, it feels like a welcomed wonder.
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| Original Score: B+
Scene-Stealers.com
Everything that happens after it lets its abrasive character off the hook is completely predictable, but movies with this kind of pervasive silliness don't exist for their unpredictable plot lines-in fact they rely on predictability.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Triple J
4 good jokes do not a good comedy feature film make.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Cinemalogue.com
The cast members can't elevate this subpar material, although they do showcase an impressive array of sequined costumes and crazy wigs.
Paste Magazine
One of the most disappointing aspects of the whole thing is that you really want to like the movie.
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| Original Score: 6/10
MediaMikes
A sweet film with a message of never giving up on your dreams, "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" gets by on the magic of a game cast.
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| Original Score: 4/5
SSG Syndicate
This lame comedy lacks anything resembling amusement and magic - until the final credits which involve a sight gag.
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| Original Score: 3/10
Tucson Weekly
Now you see it, and now you wish you really hadn't.
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| Original Score: 1.5/5
tonymacklin.net
In The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Jim Carrey makes a great freak, and Carell and Buscemi are total geeks.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Remains stubbornly mediocre without ever being actively awful. It's stuck in this dreadful oily neutral of being almost virulently OK.
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| Original Score: 2/5
jackiekcooper.com
Steve Carell is no Magic Mike.
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| Original Score: 5/10
Times [UK]
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone makes the classic mistake of thinking a comedy about magicians will be magical.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Film4
Big silly fun in the Anchorman vein, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is packed with great gags, recognisable characters and performances from comedians at the top of their game.
ABC Radio Brisbane
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is the kind of film that creates laughs by having characters who look funny and speak funny. I only wish the dialogue itself was funny.
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| Original Score: B-
Birmingham Mail
Try as you might to magic up Bill Bixby from the 70s' TV series The Magician, it just ain't going to happen.
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| Original Score: 1/5
Tampa Bay Times
Now you laugh at it, now you don't.
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| Original Score: B-
Movie Talk
Poking fun at old-school magicians, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone pulls the odd chuckle out of the hat, but despite the starry presence of comic headliners Steve Carrell and Jim Carrey the film fails to dazzle.
