An idle, good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life, Buck soon charms his younger relatives, but his style doesn't impress everyone, including his girlfriend. Read more
| Starring | John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Kelly, Macaulay Culkin |
|---|---|
| Director | John Hughes |
| Genres | Comedy |
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An idle, good natured bachelor is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. Unaccustomed to family life, Buck soon charms his younger relatives, but his style doesn't impress everyone, including his girlfriend.
| Starring | John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gabby Hoffman |
|---|---|
| Director | John Hughes |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1989 To Rent: DVD: 10 Apr 2003 |
This is the movie in which director John Hughes made a decision to leave the world of adolescence behind after films such as The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off and regress back into childhood. Despite the fact that this was also the film that unleashed Macaulay Culkin on to the world at large, there is still much to enjoy. John Candy makes the most of his starring role as the lovable slob who is pressed into looking after his brother's children, and Hughes stages some neat comic set pieces. Only the sentimental moralising strikes a false note.
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
a great fun movie
This is one of my favourite films of all time. John is fantastic as the embarassing uncle Buck who comes to stay and look after the three kids while the parents... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
Candy at his best!
This is one of those movies that is so easy to watch, John Candy was taken from us too soon - he is fantastic in this move and the dancing scene is hilarious.<... read more »
Hilarious Classic
What a hilarious classic!! Had vague memories of this as a child and had to watch it, i wasnit disapointed psml!!!! Love so much ive watch it twice on ITV4 ... read more »
Never Go Back
Although it was good to see John Candy in action again, the film was dated and John's performance a little too gooey for my liking. Ultimately a ... read more »
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