Chuck & Buck
Artisan (2000)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
Not In Collection
#1697
6*
Seen ItYes
(8/3/2019 Amazon Prime)
IMDB   6.5
96 mins USA / English
Amazon Prime Video 
Mike White Buck O'Brien
Chris Weitz Charlie 'Chuck' Sitter
Lupe Ontiveros Beverly Franco
Beth Colt Carlyn Carlson
Paul Weitz Sam
Maya Rudolph Jamilla
Mary Wigmore Diane
Paul Sand Barry
Gino Buccola Tommy
Annette Murphy Tommy's Mom
Glory Simon Witch
Douglas Kieffer Mark
Jonathan Brown Jake
Ruthie Bram Dorothy
Giovanni Gieco Scarecrow
T.J. Wilkins Theater Kid
Ezra Pugh Theater Kid
Erin Espinoza Theater Kid
Megan McCaw Theater Kid
Linda Lichter Bank Teller
Meredith Tucker Jolie
Zak Penn Josh Weintraub
Tony Maxwell Himself
Vince Duffy Himself
Dana Baratta Melissa Booth
Director
Miguel Arteta
Producer Matthew Greenfield
Jason Kliot
Writer/Composer Mike White
Cinematography Chuy Chávez
Music Tony Maxwell
Joey Waronker
Smokey Hormel


Chuck and Buck were once "best friends," a relationship that means so much to children but fades once the innocence that formed it is gone. For Buck this innocence has never gone away. His interests are infantile; his pursuits are childish. He is twenty-seven years old but still lives with his mother. When she dies, reality crashes in on him. Stubbornly resistant to change and incredibly immature, he cannot cope. Chuck reappears in Buck's life when he shows up at the funeral. Buck fixates on him, so much so that he follows Chuck to Los Angeles, where he has established a successful life. A fast-rising executive in the music industry and engaged, he is living the American Dream. Buck's insistence on things being the way they were quickly erodes their relationship to the point where Chuck must confront and reckon with his past.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Lists ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time
Rotten Critics Rating % (2021) 84
Rotten Best Queer #1-200 (2021) 124

Notes
"It's an intimate, slightly creepy, often disturbing look at loneliness and need -- something, in other words, for the child in all of us." [NYT] Especially recommend the Roger Ebert 2000 Review.