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The Great Buck Howard
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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...
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...
Actors:
Ming Lo,
Wallace Langham,
Sheila Gray Robinson,
B.J. Hendricks,
Colin Hanks,
Sandy Martin,
Matt Hoey,
Mary Jo Burger,
Jack Carter,
Alec Ounsworth,
Franklin Ruehl,
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Ming Lo
Wallace Langham
11 March 1965, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Sheila Gray Robinson
B.J. Hendricks
Colin Hanks
24 November 1977, Sacramento, California, USA
Sandy Martin
1950
Matt Hoey
Mary Jo Burger
Jack Carter
24 June 1922, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Alec Ounsworth
Franklin Ruehl
Director:
Sean McGinly
Sean McGinly
Country:
United States
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...a charming, pleasantly diverting movie that is hard to dislike.
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.
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It's a light, weightless, mostly pointless show business homage, and you're likely to forget it about it halfway through.
August 08, 2009
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A modest snapshot of a performer.
April 22, 2009
A slight yet satisfying show-biz tale.
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A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold.
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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 02, 2009
The film feels painfully thin.