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Chuck & Buck
Artisan Entertainment


7.6

based on 30 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for sexuality and language

Starring Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, and Beth Colt

One of two childhood best friends who seems stuck in adolescence wants to become a big part of his old friend's life after his mother's death.

GENRE(S):	Drama
WRITTEN BY:	Mike White
DIRECTED BY:	Miguel Arteta
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: December 19, 2000 Video: December 19, 2000 Theatrical: July 14, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	95 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The most resonant and haunting movie I've seen this year.

100

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

One of the year's best and most provocative films.

100

Film.com Ernest Hardy

One of the best films of the year. Queer in every sense of the word, it's poignant, laugh-out-loud funny and thoroughly provocative.

100

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

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

100

Boston Globe Jay Carr

It's all we ask of a film but almost never get, as it first makes us squirm, then makes us cheer.

Slate David Edelstein

Might be the most perversely agreeable stalker picture ever made.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

The kind of movie that gets under your skin and takes root.

Chicago Tribune Mark Caro

You wouldn't think the darn thing would have such lingering power.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

For a picture about a stalker, Chuck and Buck is rather sweet, funny and winning.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Succeeds because it turns out not to be the movie it might so easily have been.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

Strange, intense and moving -- one of the few truly grown-up movies you're likely to see this year.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

Had this idea been pursued to its conclusion instead of the pat, wishfully ready-for-TV ending we're fed, the movie would be a standout.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Manages to be not only consistently droll but cumulatively poignant and even scary.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Chuck and Buck: A fungus among us.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

An oddity, but a remarkably intriguing and original one, and in Buck ... it also has the most unforgettable movie character of the year.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

A reverse male-bonding tale unlike anything you've ever seen. And it's not the easiest good movie to sit through.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

A fascinating study of behavior that violates the rules.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

Comes on like an "After School Special'' psychodrama that's been taken off its medication.

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

It becomes stronger and more honest than most character studies on film.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

The acting is excellent.

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

Arteta and White manage to bring off both the comedy and the tenderness in this tale of a jilted friend who sticks to his passions like chewing gum on a shoe.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

The "Citizen Kane" of twisted-geek movies.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Despite Arteta's best efforts, I eventually stopped caring about their bond because Chuck's character is conceived as such a two-dimensional yuppie.

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

A provocative and uncomfortable comedy.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Almost too creepy to be poignant, and generally funny only in an uncomfortable, squirm-in-your seat way.

USA Today Mike Clark

Its premise is so promising that you long for more than Arteta's low-key approach can deliver.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Arteta wrings some laughs from their bizarre (and more than a little frightening situation), but they're uncomfortable laughs, emotional protection from the freak show.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

(Arteta's) yanked an eerily accomplished performance out of his lead actor.

Time Richard Schickel

Crude and inept.

Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday

Unlike other movies about unpleasant characters, "In the Company of Men," for example, Chuck & Buck doesn't have that sharp observational edge.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mike L. gave it a 7:
This movie is one of those "every day life movies" that seems to take a really long time to get to the point (if it has a point at all). It develops on the ideas of childhood inocence, homosexuality and the common decency found in people's lives. I liked it for the way it was able to tie these obscure, unalike entities together. How atypical of our current movie industry.

Aaron F. gave it an 8:
I love this movie, but I can see how some people might become a little uncomfortable. I guess if you are a fan of dark comedy, indie kookiness, or overt homoeroticism, this is the film for you (The acting is also quite good) !!

Tim gave it a 10:
The briliance of this movie is the discomfort that comes from watching it the first time. after seeing it many times, my friends and i love bringing in new people to watch it, more for their reactions than the movie itself.

Lyn C. gave it a 9:
Wow. A bold and truly interesting film. I've never seen anything like it. I am officially a Mike White fan.

Allie J. gave it a 9:
This was good stuff. It wasn't run of the mill blockbuster garbage and maybe thats why some people didnt like it. It's reality and it goes where you dont expect it to. After the first ten minutes I wasnt sure that this was for me - but I got wrapped up in the characters and suddenly I couldnt tear myself away.

Dwight B. gave it a 10:
Mike White's performance as man-child in La La Land is incisive and brilliant. Watch the scene where he and the child actor unconsiously begin chewing gum in sync--- stunning revelation. The intensity of this performance should make every heterosexual man squirm with discomfort, and reveals how society tries to block emotional maturation among gays by excluding them from the "life-markers" that mark such progress. Prom, Dating, Marriage, etc. Think about it.

Jason D gave it an 8:
Halfway through, I was convinced that I was going to wind up disliking this movie because of where it was obviously going. But it went someplace else entirely, and did so well.

Chuck & Buck Artisan Entertainment

Chuck & Buck
Artisan Entertainment