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Ben Lyons, At the Movies: A sweet, tender, slightly satirical slice of the showbiz life. Read more
Dan Zak, Washington Post: Under the direction of, say, Alexander Payne or David O. Russell, Malkovich might have flourished in a deeper, darker, more madcap version of the film. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: The Great Buck Howard is an agreeable show business satire with a warm heart. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Writer-director Sean McGinley based his title character on the Amazing Kreskin, and it provides a suitable mainstream vehicle for Malkovich's bruised aloofness. Read more
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: Like the has-been it celebrates, this gentle comedy wears out its welcome by embracing mediocrity. Read more
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: 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. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Malkovich refuses to make his arrogant, prickly has-been remotely likeable, but the movie isn't as uncompromising as his performance, which gets drowned in a sea of schmaltz. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It's the movie equivalent of handing us a business card. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: A modest snapshot of a performer. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The movie, which was written and directed by Sean McGinly, is consistently good as long as it centers on Buck and his seriocomic travails. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Just as in Burn After Reading, the craftsman's pursuit of character, warts and vulnerability intact, is adamant. He makes it hard to pass up this Buck. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Malkovich keeps Buck an enigma -- part fool, part unheralded genius -- and if the film moves in expected ways it also hits some subtle grace notes. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The Great Buck Howard is in love with kitsch, the backwaters of showbiz, and true magic. It's 
a wee charmer that left me enchanted. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: To their credit, Malkovich and McGinly never make sentimentality easy--when Buck's career starts picking up, the first thing he does is get a facelift. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: What Malkovich really needs are actors opposite him with a few more tricks up their sleeve. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: No one does raging unlovability quite like John Malkovich, who's a total gas when he drops the bombast that often bogs down his more serious roles. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: 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. Read more
Bob Mondello, NPR: 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. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: When an actor finds the perfect role, a rare sort of magic happens. And you can find it onscreen right now, in The Great Buck Howard. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: The film is a small-scale charmer that provides a tailor-made role for Malkovich, who is always fun to watch. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A pleasant enough comedy in the My Favorite Year mold. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: 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. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Despite the presence of some A-list performers, The Great Buck Howard can't shake the feeling that it's more on the level of made-for-TV than something destined for theatrical greatness. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The film is funny and perceptive in the way it shows the humiliations for a man with Buck's tender vanity. Read more
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: [Director] McGinly, working with a modest budget, balances the film's sense of mockery with its more somber moments and doesn't allow the story's considerable nostalgia and sentimentality to overwhelm it. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: 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. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Great Buck Howard is cheekily observant about celebrity self-importance while still conveying Buck's commitment to entertaining regular folks. Read more