The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Reviews

We're lectured repeatedly about the wonders of well-performed magic, yet director Don Scardino relies on computer-generated trickery. The coup de theatre that puts Burt and Anton back on top is a cheat of literally unbelievable proportions.

Full Review | Original Score: * 1/2

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is all style and no substance - a stunt illusion with no magic.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Some laughs, sure, but Carell's creation isn't quite classic and the script sends out mixed messages.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is by no means an awful film, and it does have some genuinely funny moments, it just offers nothing new and comes off as stale and recycled for the most part.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' isn't breaking comedic ground, nor is it 'incredible,' but there is something magical about seeing Carell, Carrey, Buscemi and Arkin together.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Even this comedic triumvirate cannot prevent the script's biggest feat of magic: making the laughs disappear.

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If The Incredible Burt Wonderstone were a real Vegas show, its rightful home would be amongst the rubble of an imploded casino.

Full Review | Original Score: D-

Sweet and good-natured and periodically chuckle-worthy.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is just a delusional illusion of passable entertainment.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10

Somehow, all that potential disappeared, and we're left feeling like Burt halfway though the movie: swindled and unloved.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Carrey's street magician is funny at times but it feels like he's stuck in a bad Mad TV sketch. Overall, this has all the components of being a great comedy; sadly it just can't pull off the trick.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

One of the most disappointing aspects of the whole thing is that you really want to like the movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Lacks wit, genuine laughs, or any real sense of wonder, just a couple of misfiring comics in fright-wigs going through the motions.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Like a joke that has been waiting to be told since the 1980s and they've mangled the punch line in 2013

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

Carell again plays oblivious in the fitfully inspired magician comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, but he doesn't play human.

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Occasionally amusing but instantly forgettable.

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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.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

It is driven almost entirely by well-known quantities: Carell's almost superhuman likability when he is being a self-involved doofus and Carrey's rubbery menace. Neither part breaks any particular ground for either actor or the audience.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

Despite the comedic talent involved, the movie is thin on effective humor.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone makes the classic mistake of thinking a comedy about magicians will be magical.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5