The Movie: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Director: Don Scardino
Starring: 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 and Jay Mohr as Rick the Implausible
Screenwriters: Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daley
RottenTomatoes: 38% MetaCritic: 44/100
Snippet from My Review: (read my full review here)
You could do a lot worse than Burt Wonderstone or you could skip it and wait for DVD, either way I think you get the point. If you’re a fan of Carell his character’s off-putting nature may cause you to dislike this film more than like it, but fans of Carrey’s antics are likely to walk away satisfied, though not over-joyed.
Starter Questions
Here are a few questions to help get the conversation started.
1.) Did the opening of the film and the unappealing nature of Carell’s character put you off to much to enjoy the rest of the film?
2.) Did you have a problem with the 22 year age difference between Carell and Wilde’s characters to find that relationship even remotely believable?
3.) Do you think you would have liked it a lot more had it been 15-20 minutes shorter, cutting a lot of the stuff in the beginning and potentially creating a larger rivalry between Carell and Buscemi’s characters and Carrey?
Now share your thoughts on the film in the comments below and feel free to include spoilers.
