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Review of by Flaviana S — 29 Jan 2011

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"Uncle Buck" was significantly better than I expected. It wasn't great but it avoided earning the 1 star that I was expecting to assign. I was ready to be annoyed by John Candy but he was actually quite endearing.

The real star of this film is Jean Kelly. Aside from having a great name for the screen, she develops a great character with a good blend of comedy and drama. In my opinion, there was not enough of Culkin and Hoffmann but overall, the film has a few laughs, puts the characters in humorous situations, and I appreciated that it was 99% comedy and then 1 tender family moment at the end (instead of having several eye-rolling Hallmark moments throughout).

This review of Uncle Buck (1989) was written by on 29 Jan 2011.

Uncle Buck has generally received positive reviews.

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