Uncle Buck - 6 stars out of 10

Uncle Buck - 6 stars out of 10

"Uncle Buck" was significantly better than I expected. It wasn't great but it avoided earning the 2 stars 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).