Neatly 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. And while it may fall short of working B.O. magic when it hits theaters March 15, the pic ? which played well with the opening-night crowd at the SXSW Film Festival ? could wind up generating steady biz on a long-term basis rather than pulling a quick vanishing act.
Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi�are well cast as Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton, childhood friends (and fellow nerd outcasts) who grew up to be superstar magicians with their own permanent performance place inside a glitzy Las Vegas casino. Unfortunately, success long ago went to Burt?s amply hairsprayed head.
He and Anton routinely don their spangly costumes, strike their practiced poses, trade their well-worn wisecracks and rotely go through the motions during an act that obviously hasn?t changed much in a decade or so. (Their apt onstage theme, Steve Miller?s ?Abracadabra,? becomes an amusing running gag simply through endless repetition.)
But despite Anton?s suggestion that they refresh their bag of tricks, Burt is far more interested in bedding groupies ? using a meticulously detailed m.o. (including demands for proof of age and a signed release form) revealed in one of the pic?s most inspired sequences ? than doing anything that hasn?t already worked with audiences.
Their complacency leaves room for a snarky street magician/endurance artist named Steve Gray (think Criss Angel, but with more attitude than talent) to siphon off their audience with self-aggrandizing stunts on and off the Vegas Strip. Hilariously played by Jim Carrey as a…
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