barrettsauctions There are many movies that I can Line by line repeat the scenes from, but not many as joyous as uncle buck.

mads leonard holvik Roger Ebert gave this movie 1,5 stars out of 4. I don't agree, and I think he just didn't understand the slightly misanthropic elements in the humor. Buck is clearly not normal, so why be surprised that he has these dark sides? This movie is watchable and in the end it has a positive message. The fact that Buck is such a hopeless person, maybe he just needed to find himself and also being allowed to be himself? His sister in law can't stand him, but she is frankly not very nice herself, and when she comes back home and her daughter throws herself into her arms and says she loves her, we feel with them all. Another reviewer said it like this: "Buck saves his family and in the end saves himself." I think that is pretty heavy stuff in what is supposed to be a comedy.

Tweekums Bob and Cindy Russell live in a large house in the Chicago suburbs with their children Tia, Maizy and Miles. When Cindy's father has a heart attack they must go to Indianapolis but first they must find a babysitter. Bob suggests his brother Buck and after all other options are exhausted Cindy allows him to call Buck. We can see why he was the last choice; Buck is a slob whose idea of work is betting on the occasional fixed horse race. He arrives late at night and immediately gets off to a bad start. Things don't get any better in the morning; fifteen year old Tia is not impressed with having to have a babysitter and the two younger children don't even recognise him as it has been so long since they've seen him. His strange ways soon amuse Maizy and Miles but horrify Tia who feels humiliated by the situation… especially when Buck starts threatening her boyfriend then lectures her about how she needs to be more careful. She is determined to get her revenge.This film is a lot of fun; largely due to John Candy's portrayal of Uncle Buck; the character is a slob and acts like a psychopath at times but thanks to Candy he is still a likable character… this is of course helped by the fact that despite his flaws he really is looking out for the kids. Jean Louisa Kelly does a good job as Tia; a character who is harder to like at first but inevitably improves as the film approaches its conclusion. Gaby Hoffmann and Macaulay Culkin are cute and do well in the roles of young children Maizy and Miles… on the strength of this it isn't surprising that Culkin went on to take the lead role in 'Home Alone'. There are lots of laughs to be had; mostly provided by Candy… I particularly liked his speech to Tia's boyfriend about burying the hatchet; both hilarious and rather menacing. The ending was inevitably a little twee but it didn't affect my enjoyment of the film.

GarryKaye One of the few movies I can watch over and over and still learn something. Best part is - there are so many: the schoolers ducking when my, I mean his car, farts in the drop-off scene, the drill; but, the scene he is sitting in the car, with the kids in the backseat (excellent directing choice), and ... spoiler alert. It's held for just the right amount of time. OK I need 10 lines to say what I said in a more succinct form. This, and the fact I need to "pay" to be able to voice my opinion on this forum ; very curious considering some of the ... I see here. And 'caps', apparently IMDb considers that 'shouting', when used appropriately, are one of the few ways of communicating nuances face-to-face communication would not require. Really curious is the simple fact IMDb picks at the typing/emoting but not a word about spelling: my spell checker caught schoolers, but IMDb ignores it. I give a huge 9 for uncle buck (i don't want to shout) and an even bigger zero for IMDb's system.