Few actors seemed to have quite as firm a grasp on John Hughes' approach to comedy as John Candy. The treasured Canadian funnyman could handle slapstick and sentiment with equal grace, which was the key to so many of Hughes' movies as a writer, director, and producer. It's this skill that allowed Candy to go from busting guts to breaking hearts in a film like 1987's "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," or even mix pathos with morbid humor during the brief scenes he shares with Catherine O'Hara in 1990's "Home Alone."
"Uncle Buck," the 1989 comedy written and directed by Hughes, stars Candy as Buck Russell,...
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"Uncle Buck," the 1989 comedy written and directed by Hughes, stars Candy as Buck Russell,...
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