The Great Buck Howard

The Amazing Kreskin was a fairly good vaudeville type entertainer, This film is somewhat based on his career. John Malkovich is Buck Howard,The character is portrays is a vain, egotistical,not very likable person. Malkovich is excellent in the role. Colin Hanksis... Full review

I think the film would have been great if they cast someone besides Colin Hanks. He is undeniably mediocre in this role. He performance is flat and drab and when I see him perform I can not help but think how... Full review

This movie manages to cruelly belittle nearly every cliché it observes - a host of Gary Colemanesque has-beens, including Gary Coleman; the chitlin circuit and its yokel boosters; bimbo TV personalities; indifferent agents; callous journalists: yawn. The one hackneyed element this... Full review

This film is about a young man who quits law school to become the assistant to a waning mentalist performer. "The Great Buck Howard" has a unconventional beginning, with coloured subtitles helping to get points across. It is a fun way... Full review

Houdini was once approached by a student who told him, "I know hundreds of card tricks, how many do you know?" Houdini replied, "Five, and I have dedicated my entire life to learning how to entertain an audience with them". Buck... Full review

Why on earth did the billing have "Starring" Tom Hanks when his role was a cameo at best. John Malkovich dominates the movie being, well, John Malkovich. This was not at all a compelling movie and hardly rates the grades it... Full review

What happens to famous people when their popularity dies out? If this intrigues you I would recommend you go sit down and watch The Great Buck Howard. It stars Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, and features Tom Hanks in a... Full review

John Malkovich is the heart of THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD, and he's the principal reason for seeing this slight but very enjoyable film. An entertainer whose "mentalist" act has grown stale, Buck Howard is playing to half-filled houses in small cities,... Full review

A solid enjoyable character driven film. You never grow tired of the characters or the story and it gives you a very satisfying end.... Full review

A small artsy movie about how small performances for small audiences may be just as valid and meaningful as performances for big audiences. Who cares if the tricks, oops, I mean "effects," are fake or real? (And they may be real.)... Full review

Buck Howard' a darn good film....However, it is a darn good film....that makes "The Great Buck Howard" such an entertaining little movie.....Posted Jul 31, 2009 @ 12:11 PM Despite the adjective in its title, "The Great Buck Howard" is not a great film..... ... Full Review

It was a wonderful film that I thoroughly enjoyed.....A wonderful film and character study from beginning to end.....lifted my spirits with its whimsical tale of faded glory and second chances.....The Great Buck Howard certainly lives up to his title as the film is a great one..... ... Full Review

a 10 minute "Behind the Scenes" featurette, a 5 minute HD Net commercial that highlights the film and acts as an ad;....The production values are fine but the thin script almost fools the viewer into thinking he's watching a TV movie....driven by an appealing performance from John Malkovich, Buck Howard is watchable but neither particularly engaging nor emotionally effecting.....a standard commentary with director Sean McGinly and Colin Hanks discussing the film;.... ... Full Review

totally straight, genuinely entertaining John Malkovich is magnificently magnanimous as The Great Buck Howard 's titular mentalist-not-magician.....Family friendly (or at least seriously PG), the film is also utterly formulaic and totally safe, right down to the love interest (Emily Blunt's spot-on Valerie)..... ... Full Review

The Great Buck Howard is a pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold.....Hanks the younger is more competent than charismatic..... ... Full Review

You can bring home one magical coming-of-age tale on DVD and Blu-ray this July. The Great Buck Howard will be released on DVD on July 21. ... Full Article

The title character in "The Great Buck Howard" is a former celebrity who likes to drop the names of his alleged celebrity acquaintances, as a way of making his showbiz career look more impressive. ... Full Article

Filmmakers have mined our schizophrenic feelings about Hollywood has-beens with great success in the past, whether it's high melodrama ("Sunset Boulevard") or brilliant satire ("This Is Spinal Tap"). ... Full Article

Troy Gabel (Colin Hanks) is toiling away at law school and hating every minute. Despite his dad's objections he does what any self-respecting 20-something would do -- quits school and decides to become a writer. ... Full Article

The Great Buck Howard isn't going to change anybody's life, but I enjoyed it because of that, not in spite of it. It's a character study - somewhere between Broadway Danny Rose and Death of a Salesman - of a... ... Full Article

The Great Buck Howard is one of those films that makes one wonder, "How exactly did this film attract all this talent?" John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, and Tom Hanks (Colin's father, in case you didn't know/were wondering) all... ... Full Article