DISUTRBING, BUT STRANGELY CAPTIVATING!
Added 1/25/2009
'Chuck And Buck' will not appeal to all people, but to those who can handle films that make you squirm, this is one bizarre character study. The film centers around two childhood friends who have grown apart, one has gone on with his life and the other strangely stuck in the past. The film is filled with creepy and unsettling moments and laced with humor for relief! This one is worth looking for if your an "Indie" lover! .......Homophobes..... STEER CLEAR!
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If only Buck wanted to hurt someone...
Added 12/7/2008
Following the death of his mother, Buck (Mike White), an extremely immature 27 year old, moves to L.A. in order to reestablish the friendship he had with his childhood best friend Chuck (Chris Weitz). However, when it turns out that Chuck has moved on with his life and doesn't want anything to do with Buck anymore, Buck essentially becomes a stalker in his effort to win back Chuck from Chuck's "evil" girlfriend.
"Chuck and Buck" is yet another one of those weird, slightly-off movies that will either fascinate or disgust, much like "Happiness" and "Spanking the Monkey". I, personally, enjoy films of this type and enjoyed "Chuck and Buck". Mike White, who also wrote the script, is perfect as the weirdo Buck, and he did a good job of writing a script that makes you feel for both of the main characters. Neither character is "evil" or trying to hurt the other. They are just behaving like two human beings who both have a different take on events that happened 16 years ago, which is what makes this film fascinating...up to a point. The fact that Chuck and Buck do, deep down, care for one another, means that the film's third act is a bit of an anti-climax. I guess that I was sort of hoping that the film would end with an over-the-top "Fatal Attraction"-esque showdown between Chuck and Buck. It doesn't. In fact, the film loses focus at the very end, making me wonder whether Mike White was having trouble thinking up an ending. Nevertheless, until the final 15 minutes, this is a very food film (if you're into this sort of thing).
After making "Chuck and Buck", writer/actor Mike White and director Miguel Artera went on to make "The Good Girl". Unlike "Chuck and Buck", this film does manage to hold up until the end, and is, in fact, one of my favourite films. If you like "Chuck and Buck", I recommend watching "The Good Girl" as well.
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This is entertainment?
Added 7/10/2007
This movie, if you can call it that , is about the lamest thing I've ever seen---especially given the bait--"twisted and funny" or some such sentiment which appears on the package.
I saw this about 5 or 6 years ago, so my memory for all the details is shot; however, my friend and I both give it a zero ---for zero ideas, zero artistic integrity, zero effect...you get my point....
This is the Emperor's New Clothes of the indie movie industry...SOMETHING'S supposed to be there, but sadly, it isn't.
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Rated "R" for sexuality? Come on.
Added 12/8/2005
This just shows how confused the MPAA was, and is. The "sexuality" in this movie consists of... no nudity - and abbreviated remarks concerning sexual acts. But let's leave that aside. Just have a guy kiss another guy and the MPAA goes into a frenzy--knee-jerk "R".
Anyway, this flick was way better than critics had led me to believe. It's a movie about a guy who just can't get over his boyhood lover. He's about one step away from the loony bin, in fact. But the saving grace of this movie, which normally I would not like (not being a fan of crazies) is that there is NO violence. (Not that the stupid MPAA cared.) I kept expecting "Buck" to pull out a kitchen knife or some such trash - my expectations having been formed by Hollywood. But no, Buck's apparently a harmless kook. As most kooks are, if treated gently--perhaps.
After wincing for the first 30 minutes, I actually began getting into the whole scene of Chuck's continual rejection of Buck. This is a most unusual movie and wins points for originality. Have we ever seen one like this from the movie industry? No. Is it a subject worthy of treatment by film? Yes. Some of us have indeed thought about old flames from the past - and wanted to do something "crazy" to try to win them back. This movie is an interesting exploration into one crazy guy who stopped short of almost nothing.
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Too thin for a feature
Added 11/14/2005
Chuck and Buck is another underwhelming shot-on-video indie that isn't nearly as good as it thinks it is or needs to be to justify its feature length. The biggest problem is Mike White's character, an infantile gay stalker obsessed with the childhood friend who has moved on in the world. The premise is workable, but White's own script never develops him beyond a single defining note, which makes for an increasingly unbelievable lead easily outshone by the supporting players - not so much Chris Weitz as the object of his obsession but definitely by Paul Weitz as a spectacularly bad lookalike actor Chuck casts in a frightening autobiographical play and Lupe Ontiveros as the show's down to earth director. It does pick up as it goes along and it's not unwatchable, it's just one of those films that really offers too few reasons to see it.
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DISUTRBING, BUT STRANGELY CAPTIVATING!
Added 1/25/2009
'Chuck And Buck' will not appeal to all people, but to those who can handle films that make you squirm, this is one bizarre character study. The film centers around two childhood friends who have grown apart, one has gone on with his life and the other strangely stuck in the past. The film is filled with creepy and unsettling moments and laced with humor for relief! This one is worth looking for if your an "Indie" lover! .......Homophobes..... STEER CLEAR!
1 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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If only Buck wanted to hurt someone...
Added 12/7/2008
Following the death of his mother, Buck (Mike White), an extremely immature 27 year old, moves to L.A. in order to reestablish the friendship he had with his childhood best friend Chuck (Chris Weitz). However, when it turns out that Chuck has moved on with his life and doesn't want anything to do with Buck anymore, Buck essentially becomes a stalker in his effort to win back Chuck from Chuck's "evil" girlfriend.
"Chuck and Buck" is yet another one of those weird, slightly-off movies that will either fascinate or disgust, much like "Happiness" and "Spanking the Monkey". I, personally, enjoy films of this type and enjoyed "Chuck and Buck". Mike White, who also wrote the script, is perfect as the weirdo Buck, and he did a good job of writing a script that makes you feel for both of the main characters. Neither character is "evil" or trying to hurt the other. They are just behaving like two human beings who both have a different take on events that happened 16 years ago, which is what makes this film fascinating...up to a point. The fact that Chuck and Buck do, deep down, care for one another, means that the film's third act is a bit of an anti-climax. I guess that I was sort of hoping that the film would end with an over-the-top "Fatal Attraction"-esque showdown between Chuck and Buck. It doesn't. In fact, the film loses focus at the very end, making me wonder whether Mike White was having trouble thinking up an ending. Nevertheless, until the final 15 minutes, this is a very food film (if you're into this sort of thing).
After making "Chuck and Buck", writer/actor Mike White and director Miguel Artera went on to make "The Good Girl". Unlike "Chuck and Buck", this film does manage to hold up until the end, and is, in fact, one of my favourite films. If you like "Chuck and Buck", I recommend watching "The Good Girl" as well.
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This is entertainment?
Added 7/10/2007
This movie, if you can call it that , is about the lamest thing I've ever seen---especially given the bait--"twisted and funny" or some such sentiment which appears on the package.
I saw this about 5 or 6 years ago, so my memory for all the details is shot; however, my friend and I both give it a zero ---for zero ideas, zero artistic integrity, zero effect...you get my point....
This is the Emperor's New Clothes of the indie movie industry...SOMETHING'S supposed to be there, but sadly, it isn't.
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