John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks
A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline..
DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
Stats: 617 reviews
The Great John Malkovich, The Great Tom Hanks, and the great Colin Hanks (not really) all take a break from making great, enthralling movies to deliver....THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD for your entertainment!
Straight up, Hollywood .500 club. No doubt.
I love this guy and i love this movie even more. A wickedly hilarious and very smart comedy that delivers plenty of great laughs and smarts, John Malkovich is absolutely brillliant, giving a wonderful and very funny performance. Colin Hanks is fantastic. This is a great film. So ...( read more)
John Malkovich as a once popular mentalist (based on the Amazing Creskin) playing half-filled venues on the downside of his career. Pleasant enough comedy/drama full of familiar faces (Tom Hanks and a large number of cameo appearances by George Takei, Jay Leno, and so on).
"Get ready for the comeback of a lifetime."
A young man, much to the chagrin of his father, becomes the new assistant to an illusionist in decline.
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John Malkovich is the heart of T...( read more)
You make recognize Troy Gabel (Colin Hanks) from "The Great Buck Howard". He's an aspiring writer who plays a straight man to his eccentric partner, and much of the film is told through voiceover narration. Colin Hanks, although possessing a likable screen presence, hasn't shown ...( read more)
Malkovich is great. The movie beyond that is fairly pedestrian, but it has some great off-beat humor and is worth seeing just for Malkovich's performance alone.
The story line was well written, and had a good moral to it. I like almost anything with John Malkovich in it, and he doesn't disappoint in this on either.
The Great Buck Howard follows the story of a down on his luck mentalist who was once at the top of his game playing to packed houses and even appearing on tv but now he is stuck to appearng in small towns for little money and even smaller fan fare along the way he picks up a new ...( read more)
John Malkovich is great in the title role and Colin Hanks is also good. I really enjoyed this film. I did not realize that the movie was based on a real person before hand. The story is an interesting showbiz tale.
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. full review
A small but sweet unexpected movie pleasure that's pure delight from start to finish. full review
Any synopsis of The Great Buck Howard is going to make it sound more than a little like My Favorite Year. ... But that film had a compellingly poignant center. full review
Any synopsis of The Great Buck Howard is going to make it sound more than a little like My Favorite Year. ... But that film had a compellingly poignant center. full review
It sidesteps ultra-saccharine territory, emerging as sweetly nostalgic and gently satiric, if lightweight, entertainment. full review
Malkovich, mixing the magician shtick with a dogged resiliency, a dab of pathos, and more than a bit of mystery (did he really just hypnotize 300 people?), is simply a joy to watch. full review
The film is funny and perceptive in the way it shows the humiliations for a man with Buck's tender vanity. full review
If Great Buck Howard is formulaic and only mildly funny, however, Malkovich is nonetheless magnificent. full review
The cast is speckled with lively souls like Steve Zahn and Griffin Dunne, but the only person who wakes the movie from its slumbers is Emily Blunt. full review
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