Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck (2000)

  • 85% of critics liked it
    (85 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (3,930 ratings)

Following his critically acclaimed Star Maps, Miguel Arteta directs this perverse Odd Couple-esque comedy drama. Childhood best buddies Chuck and Buck are reunited after 18 years during the funeral of the latter's mother. Chuck (Chris Weitz who also produced American Pie (1999)) is a button-down… More

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By
Miguel Arteta
Written By
Mike White
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 14, 2000 Limited
On DVD
Dec 19, 2000
Artisan

Critic Reviews

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    Skirts stalker cliches and grown-up-kid-in-a-man's-body caricatures.

  • Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

    Do you like the clammy as opposed to the scary? Do you like dread rather than drama, anguish and emotional coagulation rather than screamfests?

  • David Edelstein, Slate

    Chuck & Buck might be the most perversely agreeable stalker picture ever made.

  • Dennis Harvey, Variety

    That Chuck & Buck holds attention despite -- or partly due to -- its murky, troubling central conceit can be credited to execution that's stealthy and low-key throughout.

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    Possibly the most daring and honest drama about sexuality I've ever seen.

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  • Mark H


    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… More

  • Alec B


    It works largely because the central conflict is so fascinating. One man refuses to let go of the past and the other refuses to confront it. It makes for a unique and oddly moving film, especially when the two title characters are forced to find a way to reconcile their opposing… More

  • Quinto W


    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… More

  • Patrick D


    Sweet and deranged, but really nice at times.

  • Wu C


    Weird, funny and a nice twist. Not for the homophobic.

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