As someone of an age to remember when The Amazing Kreskin was on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. John Malkovich portrayed the mentalist in a much more amusing fashion than the real performer came across in my memory and I liked the way Colin Hanks brought memories of one of my fav movies--My Favorite Year---in his warm recollection of the entertainer he assisted to the screen. In both cases, the movies took a less critical view of the real person upon whom the depiction was based, Errol Flynn and The Amazing Kreskin.
Review of The Great Buck Howard
