The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, review 12A cert, 100 min Dir: Don Scardino; Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey Vegas stage magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have a rapport even ropier than their feathered manes, and barely speak off-stage. They're united, at least, in their contempt for Steve Gray (full-tilt Jim Carrey), a David Blaine-esque street conjurer whose willingness to slice himself up gets increasingly disconcerting. Whether or not the words "full-tilt Jim Carrey" are already flashing warning signs, caution is generally advised here. A little too nasty a comedy for family audiences, this peddles an uncomfortable blend of aggression and schmaltz - the Will Ferrell formula, and one that sits weirdly on Carell's shoulders. That said, it's nice to see Buscemi, who tends to get cameos in this stuff, brought fully into the club. Olivia Wilde's role may be strictly window-dressing, but Alan Arkin (they asked for cranky, they got cranky) is great fun as the retired legend who first inspired Burt to disappear a handkerchief. With this much comic talent on show, the chuckles aren't lacking so much as insufficient: Don Scardino's film has a cramping smallness of spirit, and it's nothing at all to look at. Basically, they brought a decent bag of jokes, but no one quite worked out how to put a movie around them.