Directed by:
Sean McGinlyScreenplay:
Sean McGinlyCinematography:
Tak FujimotoComposer:
Blake NeelyCast:
John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks, Ricky Jay, Ankur Bhatt, Emily Blunt, Griffin Dunne, Adam Scott, Kimberly Scott, George Takei, Steve Zahn (more)Plots(1)
A legend in his own time The Great Buck Howard (John Malkovich, Burn After Reading) is a mentalist extraordinaire in need of a career boost. Once the popular conjurer of considerable secrets and perpetrator of fine-tuned perception, he has become a dried-up celebrity struggling for a last gasp of fame. Convinced a comeback is on the cards he takes a chance on law-school dropout and would-be writer Troy Gable (Colin Hanks, Orange County) to help him regain the adulation he once commanded. Aided by a hot-shot publicist (Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada) and a little old-fashioned luck Buck is set to have one last crack at super stardom. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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This slightly satirical comedy attracts the audience mainly with its star cast, and it can be said that Sean McGinly did a pretty good job by his standards. John Malkovich contributed greatly to this, using his personal charm to literally inhabit the title role of second-rate illusionist Buck Howard. This time, surprisingly, I also liked Colin Hanks, who played his new inexperienced assistant. (65%)
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A casual comedy that isn't very funny, but it did entertain me. John Malkovich is impeccably enigmatic (I'll probably use his handshake - I don't have what it takes for a super penetrating look, after all), Colin Hanks is weirdly bland, Emily Blunt is pretty, Steve Zahn is underused, and Tom Hanks is actually there only briefly, which goes for a bunch of other showbiz stars and starlets. The script could have been less predictable and less like Almost Famous, but whatever. A pure three stars. The Great Buck Howard has to be recommended to J.M. fans. "Jerry Springer had a serious accident, and everybody went to film it." "Who?"
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