Chuck and Buck (2000)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Jul 14, 2000
Running Time: 95 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Two friends, inseparable in their youth, have grown up to be complete opposites. Charlie Sitter (aka Chuck) is living the American Dream. A fast-rising executive in the music business, he's not yet thirty but, ambitious, confident, and handsome. Chuck has already acquired all the trappings of success -- a gorgeous home in the Hollywood Hills, a fancy sportscar and a beautiful fiancee. Buck O'Brien's life couldn't be more different. Buck never went to college, he's never even had a job. What's more, he still lives at home with his mother. Refusing to grow up, Buck has remained a child at heart who watches TV, sucks on lollipops, plays with his Matchbox cars and listens to his old albums over and over. When Chuck and Buck are reunited following the death of Buck's mother, their disparate worlds collide and their friendship quickly disintegrates into a battle of wills. By the end of the film, both men are forced to come to terms with each other and with the dark secrets of their past.
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Beverly
Carlyn
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Diane
Barry
Tommy
Tommy's Mom
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December 10, 2000
Male infantilism, from "big" to Big Daddy, continues to elicit a perverse fascination in Hollywood. But unlike The Kid, the defiantly non-formulaic Chuck and Buck -- it was shot cheaply on digital video -- has not been Disneyfied. This hilarious and haunting movie is a shocker in the best sense of the word -- it explodes easy definitions of childhood, friendship and sexuality. Buck, superbly played by Mike White, who also wrote the astutely nuanced screenplay, invites his buddy Chuck (Chris… Continued
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Nerdy, emotionally underdeveloped Buck (Mike White) and music biz yuppie Charlie (Chris Weitz) were best friends in their youth, but they haven't seen each other in years when they meet at the funeral of Buck's mother. Incorrectly assuming that their relationship will pick up where it left off, the jealous-minded, obsessive Buck trails Charlie back to L.A., doing his best to lodge himself between his weirded-out old pal and… Continued