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The Great Buck Howard (2009)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B
Source Brief Review Grade*
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"...another coming-of-age story about a young man who can't figure himself out." more... C  
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"Is there anyone better than John Malkovich at barely containing his temper?" more... A-
Chicago Tribune
Betsy Sharkey
"Tale of showbiz decline unfolds a bit too nicely." more... B-
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
"It's a wee charmer that left me enchanted." more... A-
Filmcritic.com
Paul Brenner
"...a film of might've-beens buttressed by performers having a good time." more... C  
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"...a small-scale charmer..." more... B  
Reelviews
James Berardinelli
"All that's really left in the end is Malkovich's performance." more... B-
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego
"...doesn't allow the story's considerable nostalgia and sentimentality to overwhelm it." more... B  
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"...sweetly nostalgic and gently satiric, if lightweight, entertainment." more... A-
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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