Chuck & Buck

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Chuck & Buck

Beth Colt, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Mike White, Paul Weitz

Despite all Sundance and critical fanfare to the contrary, this intriguing indie hit is hardly an easily digested little winner. Miguel Arteta's film is more than a bit unsettling, and scene after sce...( read more read more... )ne plays with intense discomfort. After the death of his mother, strangely juvenile 27-year-old Buck (Mike White) heads off to L.A. with the oblivious, obsessive intent of working his way back into the life of childhood pal Chuck (Chris Weitz), with whom he'd sexually experimented as a boy. Chuck's engaged now, which only serves to increase Buck's determination ("When it's just you and me here, it's like I'm OK," he says. "And all this other stuff makes me feel dead."). Arteta and screenwriter White (who's quite good as Buck) stretch credibility more than once--Buck's troubling emotional state is sketchy, to say the least--and some of their humor is too smirkingly ironic for its own good, but the film's edgy sadness keeps poking at you. Whatever its flaws, there's something compelling here about the fear of growing up and the more unnerving dread of being found out. --Steve Wiecking

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  • January 18, 2009
    Odd, unsettling comedy-drama about a man who continues to have an obsession over his childhood friend. Writer and star, Mike White, is unnerving as Buck, a childlike, lollipop-sucking, 27 year old stalker that you won't soon forget. At once, humorous, tender, scary and pathetic...( read more). The film masterfully juggles all of these tones and it's difficult to categorize. Unique and memorable
  • July 26, 2008
    Disturbing and stomach-twisting. But good.
  • October 5, 2007
    "Chuck & Buck, Suck & Fuck!" Oh wow, what a unique film! Buck is such an intriguingly ominous character! You really can't help but fall in love with him, even if he is stalking his childhood bud. It's innocent enough, from an audience point of view. I'm sure that Chuck fellow fou...( read more)nd it a bit unsettling being persued day-in and day-out. I couldn't believe how calm Chuck was by the end of this film though. Totally creepy! I love it! Three cheers for ultra dark humour!
  • January 9, 2007
    Hard to watch, but very good movie. Not for everyone.
  • July 10, 2007
    Sweet and deranged, but really nice at times.
  • January 27, 2010
    Very sluggish. Maybe it's rewarding for someone, but both characters were so physically unlikeable and their personalities so dull that it's not worth it.
  • October 10, 2009
    Pretty sick, twisted, and dark, but absolutely hilarious. I laughed so hard at the scene where the kid burns his hand.
  • October 8, 2009
    For a very gloom subject, the movie knows how to be funny when it needs to. Mike White's performance really makes this a stand-out as he expertly portrays his unsettling man-child character and really makes us wonder about how we sometimes cling too much to our past and how past ...( read more)actions can affect or disturb us, yet it also has a touch of hope and it ends up being a rather positive movie about growing up and changing. I was really only bothered by how it seemed there was no end in sight at first, but I was glad how they finished the story.
  • July 17, 2009
    Weird, low-budget, mediocre acting, has its darkly humorous parts.
  • June 12, 2009
    creepy and eerie. I dont know if this makes Mike White a good actor or not, due to the revulsion i got off his performance.

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