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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe third act of Scardino's movie is very funny, and its finale featuring the exposure of an impossibly successful illusion is flat-out brilliant. It's just too bad that the movie's opening act is so sleight of humor, damaging the movie's potential. Now you see it. Then you don't.
- 63McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreFew jokes take us by surprise, but enough comic haymakers land to make “Burt Wonderstone” credible, in not exactly “incredible.”
- 60VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonNeatly balancing brightly sentimental comedy with slightly edgier funny business, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone pulls off the impressive trick of generating laughs on a consistent basis while spinning a clever scenario about rival magicians waging a Las Vegas turf war with a wide multi-demographic appeal.
- 60Total FilmMatthew LeylandTotal FilmMatthew LeylandCarell and Carrey shine like sequinned suits in a comedy that allows them endless fun with the dressing-up box. More narrative verve and it could’ve been The Prestige in a big-cat wig.
- 58Film.comWilliam GossFilm.comWilliam GossLike the back half of its namesake, Wonderstone isn’t terribly hip, edgy or new itself, just amusing enough to pass the time. While Scardino and friends do manage to end the film on an admirably nutty note, this gathering of comedic minds ultimately fails to produce any true movie magic.
- Enjoyable but as familiar as the old-school routines its magician heroes dish out.
- 50Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe film's biggest surprise is that, after Wonderstone loses everything, we're expected to feel something besides impatience as he learns to become a better person—and gapes like a child at the wonder of magic.
- 40EmpireHelen O'HaraEmpireHelen O'HaraThe inconsistencies in tone - is it an Anchorman-style farce or something more serious? - distract from likeable turns from the leads.
- 20Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearNo matter; this aggressively humorless farce would play like a dead rabbit pulled out of a hat, regardless of the casting choices.
- 0The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorIt's a comedy so out of touch that jokes disappear before they're even delivered, as if by magic.