The Incredible Burt Wonderstone follows the story of two magicians who are also best friends, Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi), who have had a long gig on the Las Vegas strip. However, their magic act is stale, as is their friendship, due to Burt’s huge ego. At the same time, new street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey) is upstaging the old duo with his new crazy stunts. In order to save their show, Burt must rediscover the why he decided to become a magician in the first place.

Surprisingly, this movie was not tired and old as the plot first suggested. The film is not without its clichés and there’s no real surprise about the ending, but this film is filled with so many hilarious moments that all of this is forgiven. Carrey, Carell and Buscemi are all hilarious, and make this movie worth watching.

Carrey elicits many laughs with his ridiculous and often gruesome tricks- in one scene he hammers in a nail with his own forehead. Additionally, Carell and Buscemi perfectly embody their roles. Buscemi is hilariously awkward and earnest throughout the film, especially when handing out magic kits to starving children in Cambodia. Carell also earns laughs as a bigheaded, pompous magician, trying to rediscover his old self. Thankfully, the movie doesn’t really lag at all, and is funny the whole way through- even the final scenes are hysterical. And, at a run time of only one hour and forty minutes, the film isn’t too long either.

However, the movie does have one too many characters. Two magicians who aspire to be as big as Burt and Anton don’t really add anything to the plot, and are unnecessary to the movie. In addition, Jane (Olivia Wilde), the assistant to Burt and Anton, while needed for the movie to advance, could have been funnier, and was a little bland.

Overall though, this movie is hilarious and fresh, and is a must-see for anyone who wants a good story with a lot of laughter.