The Great Buck Howard

Watch The Great Buck Howard (2008) online on iFILM — a dry comedy directed by Sean McGinly, starring John Malkovich as a pompous, wildly deluded stage mentalist still convinced he's one good tour away from recapturing the spotlight. Colin Hanks plays Troy, a law school dropout who answers a help-wanted ad and ends up hauling props across middle America for a man who expects standing ovations in half-empty theaters.

Malkovich plays Buck with an unsettling conviction that makes every scene walk a tightrope between funny and tragic. Emily Blunt joins as a publicist drafted into the comeback campaign, and Tom Hanks appears in a small but memorable role. This is a modest, sharply observed film about ego, failure, and what it looks like when someone just won't quit. Stream The Great Buck Howard on iFILM.