--- title: 'Uncle Buck (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'John Hughes' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/uncle-buck-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098554/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Uncle Buck (1989) 1989 · 100 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Uncle Buck is a 1989 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. Starring John Candy and Amy Madigan, the film follows Buck (Candy), an irresponsible bachelor who is unexpectedly called upon to care for his brother's three children after a family emergency. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes) - **Screenplay:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes) - **Producer:** [John Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hughes), [Bille Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/bille-brown), [Tom Jacobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-jacobson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ira Newborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-newborn) - **Director of Photography:** [Ralf D. Bode](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-d-bode) - **Editor:** [Lou Lombardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-lombardo) ## Cast - [Jay Underwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-underwood) - [Jean Louisa Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louisa-kelly) - [John Candy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-candy) - [Elaine Bromka](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-bromka) - [Laurie Metcalf](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurie-metcalf) - [Gaby Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaby-hoffmann) - [Amy Madigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-madigan) - [Garrett M. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/garrett-m-brown) - [Macaulay Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/macaulay-culkin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/uncle-buck-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q609091); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.