The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

PG-13

Released Mar 15, 2013

1h 40m

Comedy

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Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and his partner, Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi), have reigned as kings of the Las Vegas strip for years. Their work rakes in millions of dollars, but the biggest illusion yet is their friendship, for -- now -- time and familiarity have bred contempt between them. When a street magician's increasing popularity threatens to knock them off their thrones, Burt and Anton recognize that they have to repair the relationship and salvage the act.

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Critics Consensus

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone serves up some goofy laughs, but given its outrageous conceit, it's surprisingly safe and predictable.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

With its silly, glittery costumes and warring stars, this basically does for magic what Blades Of Glory did for ice skating.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 5, 2017

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

Since every funny moment here involves cynicism, arrogance, heartlessness, and self-destruction, you never believe the movie when it's telling you how nice and contrite these characters are.

Jan 6, 2014

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

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

Rated: 2/5

Mar 20, 2013

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

What's incredible is how bad a film it is with such a talented cast.

Rated: C-

May 7, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

More humorous than any of the actual events in the film is the appearance of Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, and Jim Carrey together onscreen in outlandish costumes.

Rated: 5/10

Dec 3, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Entertaining and consistently funny shouldn't feel so disappointing.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 12, 2020

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Logan H

Great watch with many humorous moments, the ending of the movie was amazing and showed the transformation of character incredibly well throughout the movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Joshua J

One of Steve Carell funniest performance ever and not only it funny But surprisingly little emotional from a kid who get bullied from school to a famous magicians ,who only want to be loved but when The fame gets into his head he started to be an arrogance and selfish and start treating his best friend poorly but when he realise that magic is really all about, he changes for the better……really a good movie to watch AND another thing I did not expect Jim Carrey to be in his movie and plays a good antagonist overall, a good movie

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Emilliano Jr S

Superb cast but horrible execution.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/29/23

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M R

This movie was too quirky for Jim Carrey and too off the wall for Steve Carell. I believe because it's not one of the greatest comedies ever made is the only reason it failed. People look at it very dismissively and I don't understand why. I enjoy the parodying of Criss Angel and believe it to be quite accurate. The David Blaine cameo was spot on. Steve's character is very well written and Olivia Wilde is lovely on all levels. On top of that you got James Gandolfini, Steve Buscemi and Alan Arkin rounding out a fantastic cast. The movie is brilliant at times but very formulaic which is its only fault and the fact that it casted two of the greatest Comedy performers in history whose last team up was the all time classic "Bruce Almighty". There was too much to live up to. If you could look at the film as if the leads are Steve Zahn and Jason Biggs instead then it ain't bad at all. Not even in the least. Grade: 79/100 C+

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/23

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Gareth v

Has it's moments, but not many of them. A strong cast are wasted in this plodding comedy.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/19/23

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 40 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/04/23

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Synopsis

Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and his partner, Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi), have reigned as kings of the Las Vegas strip for years. Their work rakes in millions of dollars, but the biggest illusion yet is their friendship, for -- now -- time and familiarity have bred contempt between them. When a street magician's increasing popularity threatens to knock them off their thrones, Burt and Anton recognize that they have to repair the relationship and salvage the act.

Director: Don Scardino
Producer: Chris Bender, Steve Carell, Jake Weiner, Tyler Mitchell
Screenwriter: Jonathan M. Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Benderspink, Carousel
Rating: PG-13 (Dangerous Stunts|A Drug-Related Incident|Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 25, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.5M
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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