Review of The Great Buck Howard (2008) by Dawn E — 17 May 2009

Overall, really happy that I went. It was such a good, fun movie. The cast was fantastic. I love Colin Hanks even more after seeing this. He was totally channelling his dad at times, in a good way, but he's not gonna stand in his shadow. Speaking of the senior Hanks, Tom Hanks had a few scenes in the movie too, and it was just great watching the two of them together. Guess Tom didnt hafta dig too deep to find how to play the dad in this one.

John Malkovich was perfectly cast. He hit all of the quirks of the character, made him loveable when he was supposed to be and frustrating when that was called for. He has so much charisma playing the audience charming Buck Howard, and it was a joy to watch him. Mad props to Steve Zahn and Emily Blunt as well. Overall, you could see the cast enjoying themselves, which made the movie that much more enjoyable.

Also, absolutely loved the opening sequence. It was really quirky, and very relevant to me right now. Colin Hanks' character was trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life, and as he walked around he saw people with multiple-choice type options about what they do, and his was constantly changing. From there I basically knew the movie was a good choice.

In short, it was happy fun movie with a great cast.