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By turns fluffy and biting, this show biz comedy is given girth by comic heavyweight John Malkovich and made all the more charming by Emily Blunt.
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Malkovich's titular mentalist is the primary focus of attention%u2014and sadly the source of many of the film's unique problems. In a career of strange performances, Malkovich turns in a true curiosity here%u2014and maybe it's because he is not, for once, Aug 8, 2009 | Full Review…
Malkovich's titular mentalist is the primary focus of attention%u2014and sadly the source of many of the film's unique problems. In a career of strange performances, Malkovich turns in a true curiosity here%u2014and maybe it's because he is not, for once,
Leo Goldsmith
This is not a rare movie, but it does have a warm red center. It's likable, and its appeal grows as it recovers from a shaky start and finds its footing. Apr 9, 2009 | Full Review…
This is not a rare movie, but it does have a warm red center. It's likable, and its appeal grows as it recovers from a shaky start and finds its footing.
Jonathan F. Richards
A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold. Apr 8, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold.
Roger Moore
A modest snapshot of a performer. Apr 3, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A modest snapshot of a performer.
Amy Biancolli
The film feels painfully thin. Apr 2, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
The film feels painfully thin.
Rafer Guzman
The movie, which was written and directed by Sean McGinly, is consistently good as long as it centers on Buck and his seriocomic travails. Mar 23, 2009 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The movie, which was written and directed by Sean McGinly, is consistently good as long as it centers on Buck and his seriocomic travails.
Peter Rainer
The characters are corny, the script is predictable and the incidental music cues us when to laugh and when to fret. Oct 9, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The characters are corny, the script is predictable and the incidental music cues us when to laugh and when to fret.
David Harris
It's a light, weightless, mostly pointless show business homage, and you're likely to forget it about it halfway through. Jun 22, 2013 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
It's a light, weightless, mostly pointless show business homage, and you're likely to forget it about it halfway through.
Will Leitch
The problem isn't so much in the film's clumsy, hand-holding narration, or in its forced quirkiness. Rather it's that its most interesting character -- the one they named the thing after -- isn't the main character. Jul 24, 2009 | Rating: 2/4
The problem isn't so much in the film's clumsy, hand-holding narration, or in its forced quirkiness. Rather it's that its most interesting character -- the one they named the thing after -- isn't the main character.
Mike Scott
A slight yet satisfying show-biz tale. Apr 22, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A slight yet satisfying show-biz tale.
Matt Brunson
By no means a great film, but it makes up in modest pleasantness what it lacks in weightiness. Apr 15, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
By no means a great film, but it makes up in modest pleasantness what it lacks in weightiness.
Ken Hanke
Sleight of hand is among a magician's greatest assets, but even the most gullible rubes will be able to follow most of writer-director Sean McGinly's telegraphed moves in this agreeable but lightweight film... Apr 10, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Sleight of hand is among a magician's greatest assets, but even the most gullible rubes will be able to follow most of writer-director Sean McGinly's telegraphed moves in this agreeable but lightweight film...
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