Visions of Vegas French star keeps Bogus from living down to its name Gerard Depardieu finds the right touch as a child's best friend to lift the story from being too sappy. Las Vegas, after all, usually stands for phoniness and flash, cinematically speaking. Those moments occur when a little boy and a giant of a man find common ground in the playground of their shared imagination. Naturally, fate must rear its unwelcome head before the meeting of minds and hearts can occur.
Most kids have fantastical imaginations.
But Albert's may be more fantastical than most, simply because his reality looks like make-believe to those who are not privy to the secrets of Mr. Antoine, the world's greatest illusionist. His mother had no blood relatives. She did, however, have a foster sister, one Harriet Franklin by name. But she's the closest thing Albert has to family. Indeed, everything about Bogus is big, from his shabby brown overcoat and shambling stride to his wide, conspiratorial smile.