Uncle Buck
by John Hughes
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Actor: Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Jean Louisa Kelly, John Candy, Macaulay CulkinDirector: John Hughes
Brand: Universal Studios
Cinematographer: Ralf D. Bode
Producer: John Hughes
Writer: John Hughes
Editor: Lou Lombardo
Producer: Bill Brown
Producer: Ramey E. Ward
Producer: Tom Jacobson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-07-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Uncle Buck
Movie Review: John Candy's best!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Uncle Buck" is a great family comedy that finds John Candy in the title role who is reluctantly called upon in a family emergency: he's left in charge of taking care of his brother's three children. As he holds down the fort, Uncle Buck displays rather unusual habits like cooking a very weird breakfast, and also jumbo sized pancakes for one of the children's, Miles (Macaulay Culkin), birthday [sweet], doing the laundry like hanging the clothes from a rotating ceiling fan as a blowdryer blows in their direction, facing off verbally with the school principal, keeping a young girl-crazy dude in check, and somehow managing to keep his smokebomb, backfiring car intact. It's indeed silly. All the while, even with his lovable bizareness, the children learn important life values, particularly the eldest and rebellious neice (Jean Louisa Kelly). Buck manages to pull it off impressing everyone from the children's returning parents to his girlfriend (Amy Madigan). It's an outrageously funny picture. There's something for everyone of all ages though not particularly aimed at a children's audience, but they'd enjoy it too.
The DVD picture looks quite colorful and sharp and so's the surround sound. About the widescreen picture is what I have a quibble over. I saw the VHS version some time ago, and I remembered how certain parts of the movie looked on that in comparison to this DVD. It looks like the VHS picture was taken and the top and bottom were cut off to get black bars there to make it look like widescreen. For example, when Buck is in the kitchen singing "Tweedlee Dee" with the radio, there's a shot of him from the back. The floor was in the shot, but on the DVD it looks as if it was cut off. You can still enjoy the movie for this is only a minor quibble. Another may be the limited special features, not even a theatrical trailer. The production notes about the movie are very informative, I must say. The different language soundtracks cannot be changed while the movie is playing; you have to press the menu button and change it there if you desired to suddenly hear it in the Spanish or French that's provided. This DVD release was from back in the day when DVDs were relatively new so maybe that kind of adjustment where languages could be switched over while the movie was playing came later. That's what's on my copy at least. In any case, a great enjoyable movie, great performance by John Candy, and a fairly decnt DVD treatment. If you're not meticulous about these widescreen notices, good for you. Enjoy "Uncle Buck". Admit it; who wouldn't want to have this guy for an uncle?
Summary of Uncle Buck
Uncle Buck is an idle, good-natured bachelor who's left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 23-AUG-2005
Media Type: DVD
John Candy has one of his finest opportunities in this film by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) about a perpetual screw-up (Candy) who gets his act together enough to watch over his brother's kids effectively. The late actor scores big points resurrecting elements of his more decadent persona from SCTV days, but he also has some persuasively touching, sentimental moments. Hughes's direction is not as focused as it was only a few years before, but there's no mistaking his touch. --Tom Keogh
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