Uncle Buck attempts to tell a heart-warming story through a series of uncomfortable and unpleasant scenes; it's a tug-of-war between its ambitions and its methods.

Candy was really just beginning to come into his prime as an actor when the film was released...

The kids are cute and Candy is game, and it’s largely their personalities that allow the film to survive its series of underwhelming set-pieces.

Uncle Buck accumulates too much bile and the formula falls apart. [Full review in Spanish]