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...
8 June 1955, New York City, New York, USA
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
28 February 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 April 1973, Santa Cruz, California, USA
20 April 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
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 22, 2009
A slight yet satisfying show-biz tale.
April 08, 2009
A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold.
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 02, 2009
The film feels painfully thin.
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.
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 03, 2009
A modest snapshot of a performer.
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 10, 2009
...a charming, pleasantly diverting movie that is hard to dislike.
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 15, 2009
By no means a great film, but it makes up in modest pleasantness what it lacks in weightiness.
