Uncle Buck (1989) Reviews

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Starring:
John CandyAmy Madigan, (more)
Director(s):
John Hughes
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG
Category:
DramaComedy
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Shirley G.

Funny movie. A John Candy classic!!!

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John S.

This is a great Sunday afternoon lay around movie. It was lots of funny bits and has a feel good ending. Kick back and enjoy

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Alex S.

This is one of those movies that, although not a great story, has some really funny bits, John Candy & Macaulay Culkin are both great. Has some scenes that are real comedy classics.

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LIBBY R.

Like this one was funny, seems that we all have someone in our family like John Candy. Funny!! John Candy was great.

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David H.

Easily my favorite John Candy movie. Lots of funny and touching scenes. Buck Russell is a very loveable character who proves he can do the right things in spite of having done, perhaps, too many of ...
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Easily my favorite John Candy movie. Lots of funny and touching scenes. Buck Russell is a very loveable character who proves he can do the right things in spite of having done, perhaps, too many of the wrong things in his life. I'll never weary of watching this movie.
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Amy D.

The uncle babysitter doesnt have a clue about a lot of things, but he has good intentions!

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Ron S.

A heartwarming John Hughes story that allows Candy to do what he does best-run the gamet of comedy from slapstick to pathos. The movie has an edge of adult situations (suggestive only-no nudity) and ...
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A heartwarming John Hughes story that allows Candy to do what he does best-run the gamet of comedy from slapstick to pathos. The movie has an edge of adult situations (suggestive only-no nudity) and language ("s**t" is the worse it gets) that keeps it from being too syrupy. Great start, happy ending, plenty of M. Caulkin as the nephew showing the sparkle that would make him a star. My teenage daughters love the movie for Candy's comedic talent, his relationship to his nieces and nephew and the thread of teenage angst that drives the movie.
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Deanna S.

Uncle Buck is a great funny family film. This movie is much better than the "wanna-be knockoff" The Pacifier. Rent this one instead... if you rent both, watch this one last or it will ruin The ...
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Uncle Buck is a great funny family film. This movie is much better than the "wanna-be knockoff" The Pacifier. Rent this one instead... if you rent both, watch this one last or it will ruin The Pacifier for you...
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Megan G.

I liked this movie when I saw it some years ago, but I would never let my under-13 kids watch it. In the first five minutes, the adorable child characters rip out about 10 four-letter words. I ...
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I liked this movie when I saw it some years ago, but I would never let my under-13 kids watch it. In the first five minutes, the adorable child characters rip out about 10 four-letter words. I popped the movie out of the DVD player immediately and sealed it up in its return envelope. Just wait till your kids start practising all this exciting new vocabulary on Grandma or their Sunday school teacher. After all, the kids in the movie do it! Blockbuster may think this movie is "suitable for children", but it isn't suitable for mine.
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Linda S.

this is a cute movie to watch. Not spectacular, not the best I've seen but a cute one just the same. It is amusing and entertaining.

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