Wonderful character development!

An action-packed slog

A lot of fun.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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

Even after two and a half decades, it is still impossible to grasp the fact that comedy legend John Candy is no longer with us. No longer with us in the physical sense, that is, for in the minds of us all he still lives on strongly as a comedic genius. The hulking, bulky frog faced actor gave pleasure to millions during his life, one of which I was one of the millions. 'Uncle Buck' is my favourite John Candy movie of all time, superbly written and excellently acted. It was brought to life by John Hughes, who had earlier worked with Candy on 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' and 'The Great Outdoors'. It is also here that both Hughes and Candy worked with future star of Hughes' 1990 blockbuster 'Home Alone'.It stars off like this - Cindy and Bob Russell ( Garett M. Brown and Elaine Bromka ) have moved from Indianapolis to Chicago following promotion at their work, much to the consternation of their eldest daughter, the bitter and resentful Tia ( Jean Louise Kelly ), who was happy with their life in Indianapolis. Their two younger children, Miles ( Macaulay Culkin ) and Maisie ( Gaby Valentini ), also find it difficult to adapt to their new life in Chigaco. One night, Cindy receives a phone call informing her that her father has suffered a heart attack, prompting them to travel back to Indianapolis to tend to him. The problem is, they do not know where to find someone to watch the kids at such short notice. Bob suggests that they try his brother Buck. Cindy pours scorn on the idea, disapproving of his working class roots, but eventually ( though reluctantly ) relents as he is the only person available. Buck, who is in a difficult relationship with his fiery girlfriend Chanice ( gorgeous Amy Madigan ), upon his arrival immediately hits it off with the two younger children however Tia is less than accepting of him, particularly when he comes between her and her lecherous boyfriend.Buck finds himself dealing with a lot of hilarious situations, such as attempting to do the laundry, making giant pancakes for Miles' birthday, cutting Maisie's horrid school mistress down to size for her berating of Maisie, standing up to a drunken clown who almost ruins Miles' birthday party. Despite his scuzzy ways, he is not without some morals and, in some cases, is proved to be more sensible than is given credit for. Tia eventually makes her peace with Buck when she discovers that her boyfriend was two-timing her and, as well as reconciling with Chanice when she was wrongly informed of Buck being unfaithful to her.'Uncle Buck' is by turns funny, touching, believable and poignant. Real chemistry between Candy and the rest of the cast make the film both memorable and entertaining. Sadly, the man's weight problems took him from us in 1994, aged only 43. Amy Madigan is also superb as the impatient Chanice though sexy Jean Louise Kelly is the one who shines most in her time on screen with Candy. Macaulay Culkin is hilarious as Miles and it was performance here that won him the role of Kevin McAllister in 'Home Alone', which would soon make his name and fortune. The scene is which he interrogates Buck about what he does for a living is a golden moment of classic comedy. Gaby Valentini is annoying however as the whining Maisie and I could not take to Elaine Bromka and Garret M. Brown either as the snobbish parents. That really is the only drawback of this otherwise perfect movie. Ira Newborn's wonderful soundtrack also lodges itself in the memory.The following year, a television sitcom based around the character of Buck was made, with Kevin Meaney taking on the lead role. It flopped immediately ( a similar problem that blighted the sitcom adaption of the 'Police Academy' movies ) and to this day has never been screened outside of America. Hardly surprising. After all, trying to follow Candy's act is nigh on impossible.Funniest moment - the altercation between Buck and the drunken, foul mouthed clown!

I always thought John Candy was the best comedic actor out there and it's just too bad that he died so young. He definitely looks like an Uncle figure rather than a dad figure to be honest. Im this film like you would badly want an Uncle like him. He's just so brilliant and talented with his jokes! I also thought Jean Louisa Kelly as the eldest daughter was like the sibling you always hate. She honestly looked cute though for playing as a red up plus annoying teen. I felt so irritated by her like I almost crushed my phone with squeezed my fists haha. She's a really good actress! I couldn't believe how Malcahy Culkin was so tiny in this! He looked so small that now he is a big tall man with long hair! You would still think of him as that little kid from Home Alone but he didn't seem to have a good life after that though. At least he's getting better and looking handsome as a man! Really good late 80's movie and I give this 8/10.

Not a "big" picture by any means, but a wonderful, silly John Hughes film that captures the sweet essence and personality of one of the nicest comic actors of all time. At age 40, he died well before his time. Also wonderful in several other "small" or unsuccessful films. I love the one where he is "Delirious" from a high fever and imagines the whole thing. I also love "Strange Brew" because the premise is about "evil" Canadian Beer. Here, he is called upon to "baby sit" his brother's 3 young children, the oldest being 15. His beer drinking buddy is the family dog! In about 90 minutes, we see Uncle Buck "grow up" before our eyes and become a responsible adult. He saves his young niece from being "taken advantage of" by a high school lover. Made a year before Home Alone, with a very young McCaulay Culkin. A few minor cuss words, and adult situations, but otherwise toned-down quite a bit from a typical "Hughes Production". Maybe an "8 or 9" for everyone else but a "10" for John Candy fans.