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The Great Buck Howard
Troy Gable drops out of law school to pursue his dream of becoming a writer in Los Angeles. To support himself, he takes a job as an assistant to the fading mentalist 'The Great' Buck Howard. Buck begin to regain his show's luster...
27 February 1949, Middletown, Ohio, USA
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
29 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 June 1922, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
7 December 1963, Connecticut, USA
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13 November 1967, Marshall, Minnesota, USA
27 December 1944, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
27 June 1978, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4 April 1973, Brooklyn, New York, USA
July 24, 2009
The problem isn't so much in the film's clumsy, hand-holding narration, or in its forced quirkiness. Rather it's that its most interesting character -- the one they named the thing after -- isn't the main character.
April 15, 2009
By no means a great film, but it makes up in modest pleasantness what it lacks in weightiness.
April 02, 2009
The film feels painfully thin.
April 10, 2009
...a charming, pleasantly diverting movie that is hard to dislike.
June 22, 2013
It's a light, weightless, mostly pointless show business homage, and you're likely to forget it about it halfway through.
April 10, 2009
Sleight of hand is among a magician's greatest assets, but even the most gullible rubes will be able to follow most of writer-director Sean McGinly's telegraphed moves in this agreeable but lightweight film...
April 09, 2009
This is not a rare movie, but it does have a warm red center. It's likable, and its appeal grows as it recovers from a shaky start and finds its footing.
April 22, 2009
A slight yet satisfying show-biz tale.
March 27, 2009
Buck Howard is Malkovich's show. When's he's off the screen, the film sputters, but while he's on-camera, it's magical.
April 08, 2009
A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold.
August 08, 2009
Malkovich's titular mentalist is the primary focus of attention%u2014and sadly the source of many of the film's unique problems. In a career of strange performances, Malkovich turns in a true curiosity here%u2014and maybe it's because he is not, for once,
April 03, 2009
A modest snapshot of a performer.