No funny anecdotes about this one, though I will say that Olivia Wilde has to get a better agent. Otherwise, she's going to be the next Jessica Biel and she's better than that. Ditto Gillian Jacobs, who plays one of Steve Carell's conquests. Ugh...
Anyway, here's the review, which appeared in The Weekender.
A really good entertainer. I agree that Jim Carrey's magic acts where a bit too violent for a family movie, overall the movie succeeded in entertaining the entire group. The attempt at humour at times seems over-the-top but in a movie about entertainers, this is acceptable.
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A really good entertainer. I agree that Jim Carrey's magic acts where a bit too violent for a family movie, overall the movie succeeded in entertaining the entire group. The attempt at humour at times seems over-the-top but in a movie about entertainers, this is acceptable.
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