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Uncle Buck (John Hughes, 1989)
Director: John Hughes
Writer: John Hughes
Cast: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly
Genre: Comedy
Uncle Buck, confirmed bachelor and all round slob, is asked to babysit his brother's unruly teenage daughter and the two younger kids. A task that he takes very seriously, but in his own Uncle Buck way.
In the 1980's director/writer/producer/ John Hughes was on a role, giving us some of the best loved comedies of the 1980s: Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles are among his greats.
Uncle Buck stars the ever likable goof, John Candy. Hughes who's famous for discovering his muse Molly Ringwald, gave another teen age actresses her first big staring role here, Jean Louisa Kelly...She's good but doesn't have the comedy ability of Molly Ringwald, which is OK because John Candy has more than enough laughs for the entire movie.
The film is full of funny bits. Everyone knows the drill scene. One of my favorites was the 'how many questions', funny! So was the bit with John Candy talking to the school assistant principal about her mole.
Maybe this isn't my favorite Hughes film and it's not my favorite John Candy film, but it's a fun watch that made me smile and even laugh at times.
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Uncle Buck (John Hughes, 1989)
Writer: John Hughes
Cast: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly
Genre: Comedy
Uncle Buck, confirmed bachelor and all round slob, is asked to babysit his brother's unruly teenage daughter and the two younger kids. A task that he takes very seriously, but in his own Uncle Buck way.
In the 1980's director/writer/producer/ John Hughes was on a role, giving us some of the best loved comedies of the 1980s: Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles are among his greats.
Uncle Buck stars the ever likable goof, John Candy. Hughes who's famous for discovering his muse Molly Ringwald, gave another teen age actresses her first big staring role here, Jean Louisa Kelly...She's good but doesn't have the comedy ability of Molly Ringwald, which is OK because John Candy has more than enough laughs for the entire movie.
The film is full of funny bits. Everyone knows the drill scene. One of my favorites was the 'how many questions', funny! So was the bit with John Candy talking to the school assistant principal about her mole.
Maybe this isn't my favorite Hughes film and it's not my favorite John Candy film, but it's a fun watch that made me smile and even laugh at times.
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