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In this cheerful, lightweight comedy, excruciatingly clumsy, disorganized, and messy Uncle Buck Russell (John Candy) becomes the screens most unlikely babysitter since Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty. While their parents are away, eight-year old Miles (Macaulay Culkin), six-year old Maizy (Gaby Hoffman) and their teen-aged sister, Tia (Jean Kelly) are left in the care of Buck. Surprisingly, the very inept Uncle Buck entertains the younger children who come to love him and earns the respect of Tia
Aug 16, 1989 Wide
Jun 30, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (8) | DVD (7)
There isn't much to love about the movie besides Candy's excellent performance.
...an agreeable comedy that benefits substantially from Hughes' undeniable gift for seamlessly blending laughs with drama.
The Candy man can make this iffy movie taste good.
It's a goofy movie, but also extraordinarily sly, unafraid to permit generous screentime to bizarre jokes and situations of slack guardian supervision.
Probably Candy's finest role.
John Candy, John Hughes, precocious kids. Deadly.
Very cute comedy starring the late great John Candy at his most huggable best.
Uncle Buck is a very funny movie, and I love John Candy, but sadly the movie was very boring.
August 15, 2011
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