Reviews for this film from our members:
- Luke Bonanno @ DVDizzy.com
- Excerpt: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is quite average as far as comedies go, but a little better than its off-putting marketing campaign and scarcely-attended theatrical run suggest. It’s the type of movie most likely to delight the casual moviegoer unaware of or unbothered by its formulas.
- Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: It’s not that “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” is a fantastic film that will redefine comedy. Rather, it’s just a funny movie that I enjoyed watching.
- Bill Clark @ FromTheBalcony.com
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: …a series of cliches strung together with a completely implausible comeback story and its funniest joke are the visuals that accompany the closing credits. The film is pleasant enough and a bit sweet, but it feels slapped together.
- Jim Dixon @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: Movie grosses are as often hurt by bad ad campaigns as they are bad movies. What’s on the screen isn’t bad, but the trailers will inevitably lead people to expect a funnier laugh riot than “Burt Wonderstone” actually delivers.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: There are two supporting characters who are far more interesting than the titular character in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: This lame comedy lacks anything resembling amusement and magic – until the final credits which involve an extended sight gag.
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Outrageously funny in ways that most Hollywood comedies are not, maintaining its sense of ridiculousness throughout and never descending into gloopy sentiment…
- Oktay Ege Kozak @ Oregon Herald
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Glenn Lovell @ CinemaDope.com
- Excerpt: Without YouTube’s David Blaine vid there wouldn’t be a ‘Burt Wonderstone’ … You don’t have to be a Houdini to escape this enthusiastically tasteless comedy. Just put one foot in front of the other …
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone would’ve been the funniest movie of the year in 1996.
- Ryan McNeil @ The Matinee
- Excerpt: Had the film evoked a little more David Copperfield and a little less Gob Bluth, it would have played better. Unfortunately, because the film spends so much time berating us with silly self indulgence, audiences will have a hard time falling for the true passion and humanity on display in the final act.
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- [New – 9/5] | Marcio Sallem @ Em Cartaz [Portuguese]
- Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: A film about magic that hasn’t the first clue about what it takes to create something truly magical. Its a series of failed parlor tricks suitable for kids parties, but it has no business playing the big rooms.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: It will hardly amaze you but should elicit a few chuckles on the way to its predictable outcome.
