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Uncle Buck
1989
· Movie
· 100 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2468
- IMDb #1962
- Google retired #478
- Rotten Tomatoes #2518
- Metacritic #2559
- Letterboxd #2170
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3293
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1932
- Metacritic Critics #3373
- Metacritic Audience #1107
- Criticker #2077
- Douban #1531
- Kinopoisk #1893
- AlloCiné #2808
- Trakt #1553
Every rating
45–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 56, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A carefree bachelor’s life of irresponsible leisure is interrupted when his brother and sister-in-law have a family emergency. He is suddenly tasked with watching their three children, including a rebellious teenage girl, a skeptical boy, and a adorable young daughter. His unorthodox methods clash with their suburban routine.
Details
- Director
- John Hughes
- Writer
- John Hughes
- Studio
- Hughes Entertainment
- Released
- 16 August 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $79.3M
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