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Uncle Buck (1989)

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User Rating: 6.5/10 (14,439 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Hughes
Writer (WGA):
John Hughes (written by)
Release Date:
16 August 1989 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
OH NO! IT'S... more
Plot:
Bachelor and all round slob, Buck, babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Here's a quarter. Go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Candy ... Buck Russell
Jean Louisa Kelly ... Tia Russell

Gaby Hoffmann ... Maizy Russell

Macaulay Culkin ... Miles Russell

Amy Madigan ... Chanice Kobolowski
Elaine Bromka ... Cindy Russell
Garrett M. Brown ... Bob Russell

Laurie Metcalf ... Marcie Dahlgren-Frost

Jay Underwood ... Bug

Brian Tarantina ... E. Roger Coswell

Mike Starr ... Pooter-the-Clown
Suzanne Shepherd ... Mrs. Hogarth
William Windom ... Mr. Hatfield (voice)
Dennis Cockrum ... Pal
Joel Robinson ... Miles' Friend #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Peru:PT | Spain:T | UK:12 (original rating) | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG
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Trivia:
One night during filming John Candy went to a bar with Tarquin Gotch and spent most of the night there meeting people. The next day John Hughes heard a caller on a radio talk show describe his evening with Candy. Hughes was upset with Candy and despite Candy's assertion that Buck was supposed to appear disheveled, Hughes canceled his scenes for the day and told him to get himself together and get some sleep. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The size of the pancakes change. In the first shot the pancake is extremely large. When Buck begins to flip it over, it is a lot smaller. more
Quotes:
Buck: Hey, I stopped smoking cigarettes.
Cindy Russell: Oh, good.
Buck: Isn't that something? I'm on to cigars now. I'm on to a five-year plan. I eliminated cigarettes, then I go to cigars, then I go to pipes, then I go to chewing tobacco, then I'm on to that nicotine gum.
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Movie Connections:
References "The Twilight Zone" (1959) more
Soundtrack:
JAVA more

FAQ

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28 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Here's a quarter. Go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face., 11 February 2004
Author: Pookyiscute from Nyiregyhaza, Hungary

Candy's best performance ever. As hard as it is to pick a favorite role that John Candy ever portrayed, I'd have to say it was Uncle Buck. Although this wasn't the only title he and Culkin ever shared, it was the only film the two ever shared any time on screen together.

Basic plot: Candy's sister-in-law's father has just had a heart attack in the middle of the night and the two parents rush trying to find someone to watch the kids for them while they hop the next flight to go see her father. In a desperate last resort, they call the husband's brother. Buck. Of course, the concerned uncle comes to the rescue and takes the task with no complaint. However, the oldest of the children doesn't care for her bumbling uncle, and the discipline and protection he places upon her, while her parents are away.

A great heart-warming comedy that will make you laugh and possibly even cry at times. A classic, and certainly a triumph that wouldn't have happened without John Candy. Hollywood truly lost a great actor.

I give this movie a 9 out of 10. One of the funniest and most wonderful stories, but not my favorite.

And that's my review.

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