Uncle Buck

Equal parts hilarious and heart-warming, John Candy stars in the John Hughes family-friendly comedy, "Uncle Buck" (1989), as a good-natured but irresponsible bachelor who's left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. While the young kids, played by Macaulay Culkin and Gaby Hoffman, get a kick out of their uncle's lack of knowledge about household chores and unorthodox cooking, their teenage sister, played by Jean Kelly, is not impressed. Nor is Buck's girlfriend, played by Amy Madigan,who's becoming tired of dating someone akin to an overgrown child. Candy gives a funny yet nuanced performance in this charming film about growing up but still having fun.