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Uncle Buck [VHS] [1989]

VHS ~ John Candy
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Madigan
  • Directors: John Hughes
  • Writers: John Hughes
  • Producers: John Hughes, Bill Brown, Ramey E. Ward, Tom Jacobson
  • Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 4 Front Video
  • VHS Release Date: 1 Jul 1999
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R6EB
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,505 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
John Candy has one of his finest opportunities in this film by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) about a perpetual screw-up (Candy) who gets his act together enough to watch over his brother's kids effectively. The late actor scores big points resurrecting elements of his more decadent persona from SCTV days, but he also has some persuasively touching, sentimental moments. Hughes's direction is not as focused as it was only a few years before, but there's no mistaking his touch. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, production notes, biographies, Dolby sound, optional Spanish and French soundtracks. --Tom Keogh

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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.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Uncle Buck - Vintage John Candy, 1 Sep 2003
By Derek Lloyd (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Uncle Buck [DVD] [1989] (DVD)
Actually, I found this movie to be an excellent family show, with a great cast and although not necessarily original, an entertaining story line.

The trials and tribulations of raising a couple of young children are well portrayed. McCauley Calkin and Abby Hoffman both display youthful exuberance, and are also well served for future roles - you definitely get a sense of the idea behind the "Home Alone" series when Amy Maggadan is "interviewed" through the mail slot by a fast emerging young star. The older sister, Jean Louisa Kelly, is not only great at depicting the 15 year old Tia, and while not essential to the role, her dreamy and sometimes sad eyes are simply to die for.

John Candy is at his best. In fact, if we were to remember him for any of his long list of outstanding work, the wave and smile at the close of the film, immediately before the roll up of the credits is about the most fitting farewell to one of Canada's best ever film and stage performers. While Uncle Buck is not his final work, that look of "Ain't this Great, eh!" makes him look peaceful and at ease with life. I will always remember him this way.

In all the movie is just a pleasure to watch, and I would give it 4 and 1/2 stars.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not John's best film yet still a great movie, 29 May 2001
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I've watched this film a million times and it is still very funny. This is yet another one of John Hughes' films that as well as being ridiculously funny also has a bit of heart and sentiment to it which is shown in the development of Buck's relationship with his oldest niece. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is funnier but this is also very splendid. If you've not seen it you should take time to do so as it is very funny.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A sensitive, often touching film that was made for John Candy's talents., 9 May 2007
By Jay "The Amazon Reviewer" (Mauritius) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncle Buck [DVD] (DVD)
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.
Just watch the scene where Candy tries to use the kiddies toilet...absolutely hilarious.

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.
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