Superstar
magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi)
have ruled the Las Vegas Strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as
big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their
public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Facing
cutthroat competition from guerrilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey),
whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show is
starting to look stale. But there's still a chance Burt and Anton can save the
act-both onstage and off-if only Burt can get back in touch with what made him
love magic in the first place.
Finally, the return of the great
comedy!! This is what we expect from a Steve Carell and Jim Carrey comedy and
it delivered. I put this movie on par
with Anchorman, the humor, characters, and silliness of it is what we expect
our comedies to be and I hope Hollywood will stay on this path. This is Steve Carell at his finest, playing
an arrogant and clueless magician whose time has passed him by and his
intelligent but ignored sidekick played magically by Steve Buscemi. Jim Carrey returns playing doing one hell of
a job having fun with the street magician act and delivering his ridiculous yet
hilarious comments of old. Olivia Wilde
who has become the sexiest and most versatile actress delivers with her amazing
looks and equal talent showing us that she can hang with the boys of comedy and
she isn’t afraid of Alan Arkin who as always is perfect in his role. It’s true we don’t do negativity at Nuckul
Head, but it’s crazy that this movie didn’t do better than The Call. Maybe audiences are still afraid of the
comedies not living up to their hype and trailers. Let me be the first to tell you that they are
back and this is hopefully the start of many to come. Remember Anchorman didn’t do well opening
weekend but went on to become a classic; I am seeing that for the future of
Burt Wonderstone.
Enjoy the show. A
MUST SEE
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