Rotten
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.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Overview
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Director and cast
- Don Scardino Director
- Steve Carell as Burt Wonderstone
- Steve Buscemi as Anton Marvelton
- Olivia Wilde as Jane
- Jim Carrey as Steve Gray
- James Gandolfini as Doug Munny
- Alan Arkin as Rance Holloway
- Jay Mohr as Rick the Implausible
- Michael Herbig as Lucius Belvedere
- Mason Cook as Young Burt
- David Copperfield as Himself
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The true comeback story in this fictional comeback story doesn't belong to a character named Burt Wonderstone, but to an actor named Jim Carrey.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
This comedy about a magician who must hit bottom before rising again to the wonder of his beloved craft pulls plenty of sweet moments and a slew of laughs out of a story that might have been thin air.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
This may be the kind of semi-bad, semi-inspired comedy that could not only stand repeated viewings but perhaps improve with them.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
Rotten
A generic, fitfully funny mainstream comedy that doesn't nearly get the best from its name-brand players but doesn't qualify as a desecration, either.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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