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...
16 September 1937, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
25 August 1931, New York City, New York, USA
3 April 1973, Santa Cruz, California, USA
9 December 1961, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
28 November 1962, New York City, New York, USA
6 September 1958, Spokane, Washington, USA
24 November 1977, Sacramento, California, USA
28 April 1950, New Rochelle, New York, USA
17 September 1954, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2 October 1970, Stratford, New Jersey, USA
9 July 1956, Concord, California, USA
29 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 June 1978, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
7 December 1963, Connecticut, USA
17 January 1992, Ravenna, Ohio, USA
25 June 1980, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA
8 November 1950, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
April 22, 2009
A slight yet satisfying show-biz tale.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 15, 2009
By no means a great film, but it makes up in modest pleasantness what it lacks in weightiness.June 22, 2013
It's a light, weightless, mostly pointless show business homage, and you're likely to forget it about it halfway through.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 08, 2009
A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold.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.April 02, 2009
The film feels painfully thin.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 03, 2009
A modest snapshot of a performer.